diff --git a/OnCue/View/MainView.swift b/OnCue/View/MainView.swift
index d715d84..3313f11 100644
--- a/OnCue/View/MainView.swift
+++ b/OnCue/View/MainView.swift
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ struct MainView: View {
     
     @State private var searchText = ""
     
+    @AppStorage(Preferences.themeColour) var themeColor = Color.blue.toHex()!
+    
     var body: some View {
         NavigationSplitView {
             List {
@@ -52,7 +54,13 @@ struct MainView: View {
     
     private func addItem(name: String, color: String) {
         withAnimation {
-            let newProject = OCProject(name: name, color: color)
+            var newProject: OCProject
+            
+            if color == Color.clear.toHex()! {
+                newProject = OCProject(name: name, color: themeColor)
+            } else {
+                newProject = OCProject(name: name, color: color)
+            }
             modelContext.insert(newProject)
         }
     }
diff --git a/OnCue/View/NewProjectForm.swift b/OnCue/View/NewProjectForm.swift
index 574110e..7e650f9 100644
--- a/OnCue/View/NewProjectForm.swift
+++ b/OnCue/View/NewProjectForm.swift
@@ -10,28 +10,41 @@ import SwiftUI
 struct NewProjectForm: View {
     
     @State private var newProjectName = ""
-    @State private var chosenColor: Color = .blue
+    @State private var chosenColor = Color.clear
     @Environment(\.dismiss) var dismiss
     
     let completionHandler: (String, String) -> Void
     
+    let availColours: [String] = {
+        var c = Constants.colors.map { $0.toHex()! }
+        c.insert("Theme", at: 0)
+        return c
+    }()
+    
     var body: some View {
         NavigationView {
             Form {
                 TextField("Project Name", text: $newProjectName)
-                Section(header: Text("Project Colour")) {
+                Section {
                     HStack {
-                        ForEach(Constants.colors, id: \.self) { clr in
-                            ColorChooserCircle(color: clr)
-                                .padding(.vertical)
-                                .onTapGesture {
-                                    self.chosenColor = clr
+                        ForEach(Constants.colors, id: \.self) { color in
+                            if chosenColor == color {
+                                ZStack {
+                                    Circle()
+                                        .foregroundStyle(color)
+                                    Image(systemName: "checkmark")
                                 }
+                                .onTapGesture { chooseColour(color) }
+                            } else {
+                                Circle()
+                                    .foregroundStyle(color)
+                                    .onTapGesture { chooseColour(color) }
+                            }
                         }
                     }
-                }
+                } header: { Text("Project Colour") } footer: { Text("Leave unselected to use theme colour in settings" )}
             }
-            .navigationTitle("Add New Project").foregroundStyle(chosenColor)
+            .navigationTitle("Add New Project")
             .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline)
             .toolbar {
                 ToolbarItem(placement: .topBarLeading) {
@@ -47,16 +60,13 @@ struct NewProjectForm: View {
             }
         }
     }
-}
-
-struct ColorChooserCircle: View {
-    var color: Color
     
-    var body: some View {
-        Circle()
-            .strokeBorder(Color.gray,lineWidth: 2)
-            .background(Circle().foregroundColor(color))
-            .frame(minHeight: 25)
+    private func chooseColour(_ color: Color) {
+        if color == chosenColor {
+            chosenColor = .clear
+        } else {
+            chosenColor = color
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Shared/Constants.swift b/Shared/Constants.swift
index cfdb924..131af55 100644
--- a/Shared/Constants.swift
+++ b/Shared/Constants.swift
@@ -9,5 +9,4 @@ import SwiftUI
 
 public struct Constants {
     static let colors: [Color] = [.red, .orange, .yellow, .green, .blue, .indigo]
-    static let colorText = ["None", "Red", "Orange", "Yellow", "Green", "Blue", "Indigo"]
 }