diff --git a/app/components/shared/avatar_component.rb b/app/components/shared/avatar_component.rb
index 046951588..1009360e9 100644
--- a/app/components/shared/avatar_component.rb
+++ b/app/components/shared/avatar_component.rb
@@ -10,13 +10,20 @@ class Shared::AvatarComponent < ApplicationComponent
   private
 
     def default_options
-      { seed: seed }
+      { background_color: colors[seed % colors.size] }
     end
 
     def options
       default_options.merge(given_options)
     end
 
+    def colors
+      ["#16836d", "#12826c", "#896f06", "#a06608", "#1e8549", "#1e8549", "#b35e14",
+       "#c75000", "#207ab6", "#2779b0", "#de2f1b", "#c0392b", "#9b59b6", "#8e44ad",
+       "#6c767f", "#34495e", "#2c3e50", "#66797a", "#697677", "#d82286", "#c93b8e",
+       "#db310f", "#727755", "#8a6f3d", "#8a6f3d", "#a94136"]
+    end
+
     def seed
       record.id
     end