diff --git a/config.yml b/config.yml
index b4d0baa..e8da1f7 100644
--- a/config.yml
+++ b/config.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ modules:
     show_table: true
   readwrite:
     devices: [sda, nvme0n1]
+
 layout:
   anchor: [12, 11]
   panels:
@@ -46,3 +47,44 @@ layout:
     - columns:
         - {blocks: [pacman, 24, filesystem, 24, power, 19, memory], width: 436}
       margins: [20, 10]
+
+theme:
+  font: Neuropolitical
+  patterns:
+    header: 0xefefef
+    panel:
+      bg: {color: 0x121212, alpha: 0.7}
+    text:
+      active: 0xbfe1ff
+      inactive: 0xc8c8c8
+      critical: 0xff8282
+    border: 0x888888
+    plot:
+      grid: 0x666666
+      outline: 0x777777
+      data:
+        border: 
+          gradient:
+            - {stop: 0, color: 0x003f7c}
+            - {stop: 1, color: 0x1e90ff}
+        fill:
+          gradient_alpha:
+            - {stop: 0.2, color: 0x003f7c, alpha: 0.5}
+            - {stop: 1, color: 0x1e90ff, alpha: 1.0}
+    indicator:
+      bg:
+        gradient:
+          - {stop: 0, color: 0x565656}
+          - {stop: 0.5, color: 0xbfbfbf}
+          - {stop: 1, color: 0x565656}
+      fg:
+        active:
+          gradient:
+            - {stop: 0, color: 0x316BA6}
+            - {stop: 0.5, color: 0x99CEFF}
+            - {stop: 1, color: 0x316BA6}
+        critical:
+          gradient:
+            - {stop: 0, color: 0xFF3333}
+            - {stop: 0.5, color: 0xFFB8B8}
+            - {stop: 1, color: 0xFF3333}
diff --git a/schema.yml b/schema.yml
index 5671dff..937d98e 100644
--- a/schema.yml
+++ b/schema.yml
@@ -172,3 +172,96 @@ properties:
                                   pattern:
                                     "^system|graphics|processor|readwrite|\
                                     network|pacman|filesystem|power|memory$"
+
+  theme:
+    required: [font, patterns]
+    additionalProperties: false
+    properties:
+      font:
+        description: the font to use
+        type: string
+      patterns:
+        required: [header, panel, text, border, plot, indicator]
+        additionalProperties: false
+        properties:
+          header: &pattern
+            oneOf:
+              - type: integer
+              - type: object
+                oneOf:
+                  - required: [color, alpha]
+                  - required: [gradient]
+                  - required: [gradient_alpha]
+                properties:
+                  color:
+                    type: integer
+                  alpha:
+                    anyOf:
+                      - type: "null"
+                      - &alpha {type: number, minimum: 0, maximum: 1}
+                  gradient:
+                    type: array
+                    minItems: 2
+                    items:
+                      type: object
+                      required: [stop, color]
+                      additionalProperties: false
+                      properties: &gradient
+                        stop:
+                          type: number
+                          minimum: 0
+                          maximum: 1
+                        color:
+                          type: integer
+
+                  gradient_alpha:
+                    type: array
+                    minItems: 2
+                    items:
+                      type: object
+                      required: [stop, color, alpha]
+                      additionalProperties: false
+                      properties:
+                        <<: *gradient
+                        alpha: *alpha
+
+          panel:
+            required: [bg]
+            additionalProperties: false
+            properties:
+              bg: *pattern
+
+          text:
+            required: [active, inactive, critical]
+            additionalProperties: false
+            properties:
+              active: *pattern
+              inactive: *pattern
+              critical: *pattern
+
+          border: *pattern
+
+          plot:
+            required: [grid, outline, data]
+            additionalProperties: false
+            properties:
+              grid: *pattern
+              outline: *pattern
+              data:
+                required: [border, fill]
+                additionalProperties: false
+                properties:
+                  border: *pattern
+                  fill: *pattern
+
+          indicator:
+            required: [bg, fg]
+            additionalProperties: false
+            properties:
+              bg: *pattern
+              fg:
+                required: [active, critical]
+                additionalProperties: false
+                properties:
+                  active: *pattern
+                  critical: *pattern