diff --git a/colors/paramount.vim b/colors/paramount.vim
index 1a1d1b7..7b37487 100644
--- a/colors/paramount.vim
+++ b/colors/paramount.vim
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ let s:yellow = { "gui": "#F3E430", "cterm": "11" }
let s:light_yellow = { "gui": "#ffff87", "cterm": "228" }
let s:dark_yellow = { "gui": "#A89C14", "cterm": "3" }
+" catppuccin color overrides (TODO: set these to get colors
+" directly from the terminal instead of hardcoding them)
+let s:medium_gray = { "gui": "#6e6c7c", "cterm": "243" }
+let s:light_green = { "gui": "#abe9b3", "cterm": "10" }
+let s:light_purple = { "gui": "#ddb6f2", "cterm": "140" }
+
let s:background = &background
if &background == "dark"