diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0061703e..12ad3676 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ byobu (4.48) unreleased; urgency=low
     - recommend run-one, MIR pending
     - use run-this-one to ensure that more than one apt-check doesn't
       get run simultaneously
+  * usr/bin/byobu-status, usr/lib/byobu/include/constants,
+    usr/lib/byobu/include/shutil, usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux,
+    usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmuxrc:
+    - add background/foreground/accent/highlight configurability
+      for tmux profiles
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:54:11 -0600
 
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu-status b/usr/bin/byobu-status
index 8440350d..f4f3fc89 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu-status
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu-status
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ PKG="byobu"
 mkdir -p "$BYOBU_RUN_DIR/status.$BYOBU_BACKEND" "$BYOBU_RUN_DIR/.last.$BYOBU_BACKEND"
 
 # Source configurations
-for i in "${BYOBU_PREFIX}/share/$PKG/status/status" "${BYOBU_PREFIX}/share/$PKG/status/statusrc" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/status" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/color"; do
+for i in "${BYOBU_PREFIX}/share/$PKG/status/status" "${BYOBU_PREFIX}/share/$PKG/status/statusrc" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/status" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/statusrc" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/color" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/color.tmux"; do
 	[ -r "$i" ] && . "$i"
 done
 
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/include/constants b/usr/lib/byobu/include/constants
index 26fa2e04..9c6f8571 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/include/constants
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/include/constants
@@ -97,3 +97,9 @@ esac
 command -v gsed >/dev/null 2>&1 && export SED="gsed" || export SED="sed"
 command -v greadlink >/dev/null 2>&1 && export READLINK="greadlink" || export READLINK="readlink"
 command -v sensible-pager >/dev/null 2>&1 && export BYOBU_PAGER="sensible-pager" || export BYOBU_PAGER="less"
+
+# Default colors
+[ -n "$BYOBU_DARK" ] || export BYOBU_DARK="black"
+[ -n "$BYOBU_LIGHT" ] || export BYOBU_LIGHT="white"
+[ -n "$BYOBU_ACCENT" ] || export BYOBU_ACCENT="magenta"
+[ -n "$BYOBU_HIGHLIGHT" ] || export BYOBU_HIGHLIGHT="red"
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/include/shutil b/usr/lib/byobu/include/shutil
index 799f13cc..b43f4368 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/include/shutil
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/include/shutil
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ color_tmux() {
 	local back fore attr
 	case "$1" in
 		"") return 0 ;;
-		-)   printf "#[default]" ;;
-		--)   printf "#[default] " ;;
+		-)   printf "#[fg=$BYOBU_LIGHT,bg=$BYOBU_DARK]" ;;
+		--)   printf "#[fg=$BYOBU_LIGHT,bg=$BYOBU_DARK] " ;;
 		esc)    printf "" ;;
 		bold*)  printf "#[fg=bold]" ;;
-		none)   printf "#[default]" ;;
+		none)   printf "#[fg=$BYOBU_LIGHT,bg=$BYOBU_DARK]" ;;
 		invert) printf "#[reverse]" ;;
 		*)
 			if [ "$#" = "2" ]; then
diff --git a/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux b/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux
index 6bc50ca7..a9bed72c 100644
--- a/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux
+++ b/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmux
@@ -38,27 +38,27 @@ source $BYOBU_PREFIX/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux
 
 set-option -g set-titles on
 set-option -g set-titles-string '#(whoami)@#H - byobu (#S)'
-set-option -g pane-active-border-bg magenta
-set-option -g pane-active-border-fg magenta
-set-option -g pane-border-fg white
+set-option -g pane-active-border-bg $BYOBU_ACCENT
+set-option -g pane-active-border-fg $BYOBU_ACCENT
+set-option -g pane-border-fg $BYOBU_LIGHT
 set-option -g history-limit 10000
 set-option -g display-panes-time 150
-set-option -g display-panes-colour magenta
-set-option -g display-panes-active-colour red
-set-option -g clock-mode-colour magenta
+set-option -g display-panes-colour $BYOBU_ACCENT
+set-option -g display-panes-active-colour $BYOBU_HIGHLIGHT
+set-option -g clock-mode-colour $BYOBU_ACCENT
 set-option -g clock-mode-style 24
 set-option -g mode-keys vi
-set-option -g mode-bg magenta
-set-option -g mode-fg white
+set-option -g mode-bg $BYOBU_ACCENT
+set-option -g mode-fg $BYOBU_LIGHT
 
 set-window-option -g window-status-attr default
-set-window-option -g window-status-bg black
-set-window-option -g window-status-fg white
-set-window-option -g window-status-current-attr default
-set-window-option -g window-status-current-bg white
-set-window-option -g window-status-current-fg black
-set-window-option -g window-status-alert-bg black
-set-window-option -g window-status-alert-fg white
+set-window-option -g window-status-bg $BYOBU_DARK
+set-window-option -g window-status-fg $BYOBU_LIGHT
+set-window-option -g window-status-current-attr reverse
+set-window-option -g window-status-current-bg $BYOBU_DARK
+set-window-option -g window-status-current-fg $BYOBU_LIGHT
+set-window-option -g window-status-alert-bg $BYOBU_DARK
+set-window-option -g window-status-alert-fg $BYOBU_LIGHT
 set-window-option -g window-status-alert-attr bold
 set-window-option -g automatic-rename on
 set-window-option -g aggressive-resize on
@@ -69,16 +69,16 @@ set-window-option -g monitor-activity on
 # BUG: Should *not* hardcode /bin/bash here
 set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
 set -g terminal-overrides 'xterm*:smcup@:rmcup@'
-set -g default-command /bin/bash
-set -g status-bg black
-set -g status-fg white
+set -g default-command $SHELL
+set -g status-bg $BYOBU_DARK
+set -g status-fg $BYOBU_LIGHT
 set -g status-interval 1
 set -g status-left-length 256
 set -g status-right-length 256
 set -g status-left '#(byobu-status tmux_left)['
 set -g status-right ']#(byobu-status tmux_right)'
-set -g message-bg magenta
-set -g message-fg white
+set -g message-bg $BYOBU_ACCENT
+set -g message-fg $BYOBU_LIGHT
 
 # Allow local overrides
 source $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/.tmux.conf
diff --git a/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmuxrc b/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmuxrc
index 2cd6f722..d502ffe8 100644
--- a/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmuxrc
+++ b/usr/share/byobu/profiles/tmuxrc
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ###############################################################################
 
+source-file $HOME/.byobu/color.tmux
 source-file $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/profile.tmux
 source-file $HOME/.byoburc.tmux