diff --git a/projects/common/ui-elements/drop-list/drop-list.ts b/projects/common/ui-elements/drop-list/drop-list.ts
index ee77442bff54eb883a66ffab6d428229c0fc5cc1..cdce1fa1ccd44737c88e7d930da575c7ab4719c3 100644
--- a/projects/common/ui-elements/drop-list/drop-list.ts
+++ b/projects/common/ui-elements/drop-list/drop-list.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ export class DropListElement extends InputElement implements PositionedElement,
   onlyOneItem: boolean = false;
   connectedTo: string[] = [];
   orientation: 'vertical' | 'horizontal' | 'flex' = 'vertical';
-  itemBackgroundColor: string = '#add8e6';
+  itemBackgroundColor: string = '#c9e0e0';
   highlightReceivingDropList: boolean = false;
-  highlightReceivingDropListColor: string = '#add8e6';
+  highlightReceivingDropListColor: string = '#006064';
 
   positionProps: PositionProperties;
   fontProps: FontProperties;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export class DropListElement extends InputElement implements PositionedElement,
     this.surfaceProps.backgroundColor =
       serializedElement.surfaceProps?.backgroundColor as string ||
       serializedElement.backgroundColor as string ||
-      '#eeeeec';
+      '#f4f4f2';
 
     this.handleBackwardsCompatibility(serializedElement);
   }
diff --git a/projects/common/ui-elements/likert/likert-element.ts b/projects/common/ui-elements/likert/likert-element.ts
index 1facc2b22f4566e0e37addb3a39c080532c672bc..83f2e81d94ab2bce27fa72e0e31b86a503b5951b 100644
--- a/projects/common/ui-elements/likert/likert-element.ts
+++ b/projects/common/ui-elements/likert/likert-element.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export class LikertElement extends CompoundElement implements PositionedElement,
   columns: LikertColumn[] = [];
   firstColumnSizeRatio: number = 5;
   lineColoring: boolean = true;
-  lineColoringColor: string = '#D0F6E7';
+  lineColoringColor: string = '#c9e0e0';
   readOnly: boolean = false;
 
   positionProps: PositionProperties;