diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 983f050..81efb81 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -33,16 +33,16 @@ The pick goes to stdout and nothing does if you cancel, so exit status is
 config:
 
   Flat `key = value` lines, `#` comments, everything optional; a flag beats
-  the file. Sizes take sway's units - `600px` is absolute, `70ppt` is a
+  the file. Sizes take sway's units — `600px` is absolute, `70ppt` is a
   percentage of the display the grid appears on, so one file suits monitors
   of different sizes.
 
-    background     = #282828      # the grid's backdrop
-    foreground     = #ebdbb2      # label text
-    selection      = #d79921      # the highlighted tile
-    selection-text = #282828      # its label
-    border         = #d79921
-    border-width   = 2px
+     background     = #222222      # the grid's backdrop
+     foreground     = #888888      # label text
+     selection      = #285577      # the highlighted tile
+     selection-text = #ffffff      # its label
+     border         = #4c7899
+     border-width   = 2px
 
     max-width      = 90ppt        # the box the grid may fill
     max-height     = 90ppt
diff --git a/src/theme.rs b/src/theme.rs
index c76dfdb..588ed29 100644
--- a/src/theme.rs
+++ b/src/theme.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 //! Look and layout.
 //!
-//! The colours and spacing come from the rofi setup this replaces (mytheme.rasi
-//! plus the -theme-str rofigrid built): gruvbox dark, a yellow selection filling
-//! the element padding, `title · app` centred under each thumbnail.
+//! The colours and spacing come from sway's default client colours:
+//! unfocused background `#222222` and text `#888888` for the grid
+//! backdrop and labels, focused `#285577`/`#ffffff` for the selection,
+//! and focused border `#4c7899`.
 //!
 //! Sizing works from caps rather than from a thumbnail size. The config gives a
 //! box the grid may fill and a column and row limit; a thumbnail is that box
@@ -53,11 +54,11 @@ pub struct Theme {
 impl Default for Theme {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
-            bg: 0xff282828,     // gruvbox-dark-bg0
-            fg: 0xffebdbb2,     // gruvbox-dark-fg1
-            sel_bg: 0xffd79921, // gruvbox-dark-yellow-dark
-            sel_fg: 0xff282828,
-            border: 0xffd79921,
+            bg: 0xff222222,     // sway unfocused background
+            fg: 0xff888888,     // sway unfocused text
+            sel_bg: 0xff285577, // sway focused background
+            sel_fg: 0xffffffff, // sway focused text
+            border: 0xff4c7899, // sway focused border
             border_px: 2,
             // No cap of their own: Layout clamps to the display, and the
             // command line resolves the configured percentage over the top.