diff --git a/config/avatar.php b/config/avatar.php
index 2357645..c495033 100644
--- a/config/avatar.php
+++ b/config/avatar.php
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ return [
             'color_controls' => [
                 'baseColor' => [
                     'label' => 'Basisfarbe',
-                    'default' => '#e7ba9a',
-                    'samples' => ['#f4d2ba', '#e7ba9a', '#c98f69', '#8a5638'],
+                    'default' => '#ffffff',
+                    'samples' => ['#ffffff', '#f4d2ba', '#e7ba9a', '#c98f69', '#8a5638'],
                     'allow_custom' => true,
                 ],
                 'eyepatchColor' => [
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ return [
                 ],
                 'backgroundColor' => [
                     'label' => 'Hintergrund',
-                    'default' => '#f2eadf',
-                    'samples' => ['#f2eadf', '#e6dccd', '#d9e8ef', '#efe0d0'],
+                    'default' => '',
+                    'samples' => [],
                     'allow_custom' => true,
                 ],
             ],
@@ -194,10 +194,10 @@ return [
                     'mustacheVariant' => '',
                 ],
                 'colors' => [
-                    'baseColor' => '#e7ba9a',
+                    'baseColor' => '#ffffff',
                     'topColor' => '#4f6ea8',
                     'glassesColor' => '#283341',
-                    'backgroundColor' => '#f2eadf',
+                    'backgroundColor' => '',
                 ],
             ],
         ],
diff --git a/src/App/Avatar/Croodles.php b/src/App/Avatar/Croodles.php
index e310ac2..7e3eb2d 100644
--- a/src/App/Avatar/Croodles.php
+++ b/src/App/Avatar/Croodles.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ final class Croodles
             'mustacheVariant' => '',
             'noseVariant' => '',
             'topVariant' => '',
-            'baseColor' => '',
+            'baseColor' => '#ffffff',
             'eyepatchColor' => '',
             'glassesColor' => '',
             'topColor' => '',
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ final class Croodles
     public static function colorDefinitions(): array
     {
         return [
-            'baseColor' => ['label' => 'Basisfarbe', 'default' => '#e7ba9a'],
+            'baseColor' => ['label' => 'Basisfarbe', 'default' => '#ffffff'],
             'eyepatchColor' => ['label' => 'Augenklappe', 'default' => '#283341'],
             'glassesColor' => ['label' => 'Brille', 'default' => '#283341'],
             'topColor' => ['label' => 'Top-Farbe', 'default' => '#4f6ea8'],
-            'backgroundColor' => ['label' => 'Hintergrund', 'default' => '#f2eadf'],
+            'backgroundColor' => ['label' => 'Hintergrund', 'default' => ''],
         ];
     }