diff --git a/config/schemes.nix b/config/schemes.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e8a47e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/schemes.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+{ pkgs }:
+let
+  mkScheme =
+    {
+      color ? null,
+      name ? null,
+      polarity,
+      image,
+      iconPackage ? pkgs.papirus-icon-theme.override { inherit color; },
+      base16Scheme ? if name != null then "${pkgs.base16-schemes}/share/themes/${name}.yaml" else null,
+    }:
+    {
+      inherit
+        color
+        name
+        polarity
+        image
+        iconPackage
+        base16Scheme
+        ;
+    };
+in
+{
+  schemes = {
+    who = mkScheme {
+      name = "catppuccin-frappe";
+      polarity = "dark";
+      image = ../wallpapers/Nikolay_Kasatkin_Who.jpeg;
+      iconPackage = pkgs.catppuccin-papirus-folders.override {
+        flavor = "frappe";
+        accent = "peach";
+      };
+    };
+    space = mkScheme {
+      name = "solarflare";
+      color = "carmine";
+      polarity = "dark";
+      image = ../wallpapers/space.jpg;
+    };
+    jesus = mkScheme {
+      color = "red";
+      name = "equilibrium-light";
+      polarity = "light";
+      image = ../wallpapers/jesus.png;
+    };
+    ballerinas = mkScheme {
+      color = "brown";
+      name = "mocha";
+      polarity = "dark";
+      image = ../wallpapers/Waay-Ballerinas.jpeg;
+    };
+    paul = mkScheme {
+      color = "green";
+      name = "valua";
+      polarity = "light";
+      image = ../wallpapers/paul1.jpg;
+      base16Scheme = {
+        base00 = "#1a1f16"; # dark forest floor (was deep green-black)
+        base01 = "#23291a"; # bark shadow
+        base02 = "#3c422c"; # damp moss
+        base03 = "#50573c"; # lichen-streaked rock
+        base04 = "#767d5e"; # moss + sun mix
+        base05 = "#a9ae8a"; # dry fern or lichen dust
+        base06 = "#dfe1d2"; # pale sage
+        base07 = "#f5f7f0"; # slightly sunlit leaf white
+
+        base08 = "#4c7c4a"; # deep fern green
+        base09 = "#6b8f3c"; # olive bark
+        base0A = "#b5b938"; # lichen gold
+        base0B = "#7CC844"; # success green (kept from original)
+        base0C = "#4fbf87"; # turquoise vine
+        base0D = "#2aaf6f"; # jungle leaf
+        base0E = "#88a337"; # mossy lime
+        base0F = "#5c8b55"; # swamp olive
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/config/stylix.nix b/config/stylix.nix
index 79bc2c6..ffe1f0d 100644
--- a/config/stylix.nix
+++ b/config/stylix.nix
@@ -5,80 +5,9 @@
   ...
 }:
 let
-  scheme = schemes.paul;
+  schemesFile = import ./schemes.nix { inherit pkgs; };
+  scheme = schemesFile.schemes.space;
   cfg = config.my.stylix;
-  mkScheme =
-    {
-      color ? null,
-      name ? null,
-      polarity,
-      image,
-      iconPackage ? pkgs.papirus-icon-theme.override { inherit color; },
-      base16Scheme ? if name != null then "${pkgs.base16-schemes}/share/themes/${name}.yaml" else null,
-    }:
-    {
-      inherit
-        color
-        name
-        polarity
-        image
-        iconPackage
-        base16Scheme
-        ;
-    };
-  schemes = {
-    who = mkScheme {
-      name = "catppuccin-frappe";
-      polarity = "dark";
-      image = ./wallpapers/Nikolay_Kasatkin_Who.jpeg;
-      iconPackage = pkgs.catppuccin-papirus-folders.override {
-        flavor = "frappe";
-        accent = "peach";
-      };
-    };
-    space = mkScheme {
-      name = "solarflare";
-      color = "carmine";
-      polarity = "dark";
-      image = ./wallpapers/space.jpg;
-    };
-    jesus = mkScheme {
-      color = "red";
-      name = "equilibrium-light";
-      polarity = "light";
-      image = ./wallpapers/jesus.png;
-    };
-    ballerinas = mkScheme {
-      color = "brown";
-      name = "mocha";
-      polarity = "dark";
-      image = ./wallpapers/Waay-Ballerinas.jpeg;
-    };
-    paul = mkScheme {
-      color = "green";
-      name = "valua";
-      polarity = "light";
-      image = ./wallpapers/paul1.jpg;
-      base16Scheme = {
-        base00 = "#18262F";
-        base01 = "#222E38";
-        base02 = "#586875";
-        base03 = "#667581";
-        base04 = "#85939E";
-        base05 = "#A6AFB8";
-        base06 = "#E8E9ED";
-        base07 = "#F5F7FA";
-        base08 = "#4c7c4a"; # deep fern green
-        base09 = "#6b8f3c"; # olive bark
-        base0A = "#b5b938"; # lichen gold
-        base0B = "#7CC844"; # success green (kept from original)
-        base0C = "#4fbf87"; # turquoise vine
-        base0D = "#2aaf6f"; # jungle leaf
-        base0E = "#88a337"; # mossy lime
-        base0F = "#5c8b55"; # swamp olive
-      };
-    };
-  };
 in
 {
   options.my.stylix.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "enable";