diff --git a/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/mapvis/layers/nodelink-layer/NodeLinkOptions.tsx b/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/mapvis/layers/nodelink-layer/NodeLinkOptions.tsx
index 6f88ab232b855425989e3271c51d64d0ec9595c0..3578fa4a32a07d5dfc4555f3b7f4c1d0704ce2e8 100644
--- a/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/mapvis/layers/nodelink-layer/NodeLinkOptions.tsx
+++ b/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/mapvis/layers/nodelink-layer/NodeLinkOptions.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { Accordion, AccordionBody, AccordionHead, AccordionItem } from '@graphpo
 import { isEqual } from 'lodash-es';
 
 const defaultNodeSettings = (index: number) => ({
-  color: nodeColorRGB(index),
+  color: nodeColorRGB(index + 1),
   colorMapping: {},
   colorScale: undefined,
   colorByAttribute: false,
diff --git a/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/matrixvis/components/MatrixPixi.tsx b/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/matrixvis/components/MatrixPixi.tsx
index 2be88bd8c091d718a57d29b56bad6974b7a30654..050cc846f868618663f83a6f088e721f11b06378 100644
--- a/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/matrixvis/components/MatrixPixi.tsx
+++ b/libs/shared/lib/vis/visualizations/matrixvis/components/MatrixPixi.tsx
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ export const MatrixPixi = forwardRef((props: Props, refExternal) => {
 
     // make adjacency
     // const adjacenyScale = scaleLinear([dataColors.neutral['5'], tailwindColors.entity.DEFAULT]);
-    const adjacenyScale = scaleLinear([colorNeutral, visualizationColors.GPPrimary.colors[1][0]]);
+    const adjacenyScale = scaleLinear([colorNeutral, visualizationColors.GPCat.colors[14][1]]);
     visMapping.push({
       attribute: 'adjacency',
       encoding: settings.marks,