diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 862f5ff..fbaf363 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -31,3 +31,6 @@
 [submodule "vim/bundle/repeat"]
 	path = vim/bundle/repeat
 	url = https://github.com/tpope/vim-repeat
+[submodule "mutt/mutt-colors-solarized"]
+	path = mutt/mutt-colors-solarized
+	url = https://github.com/altercation/mutt-colors-solarized.git
diff --git a/mutt/mutt-colors-solarized b/mutt/mutt-colors-solarized
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..3b23c55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mutt/mutt-colors-solarized
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 3b23c55eb43849975656dd89e3f35dacd2b93e69
diff --git a/muttrc b/muttrc
index a896d45..b702888 100644
--- a/muttrc
+++ b/muttrc
@@ -31,6 +31,5 @@ set include=yes
 set record=+sent
 set postponed=+drafts
 
-# Colors
-color normal        default             default
-color tree          brightred           default
+# Solarized (light theme) colors
+source ~/.mutt/mutt-colors-solarized/mutt-colors-solarized-dark-256.muttrc