Index: binaries/data/mods/public/gamesettings/attributes/PlayerColor.js
===================================================================
--- binaries/data/mods/public/gamesettings/attributes/PlayerColor.js
+++ binaries/data/mods/public/gamesettings/attributes/PlayerColor.js
@@ -189,21 +189,37 @@
 	}
 };
 
-GameSettings.prototype.Attributes.PlayerColor.prototype.DefaultColors = [
-	{ "r": 10, "g": 10, "b": 190 },
-	{ "r": 230, "g": 10, "b": 10 },
-	{ "r": 125 , "g": 235, "b": 15 },
-	{ "r": 255, "g": 255, "b": 55 },
-	{ "r": 130, "g": 0, "b": 230 },
-	{ "r": 255, "g": 130, "b": 0 },
-	{ "r": 10, "g": 230, "b": 230 },
-	{ "r": 20, "g": 80, "b": 60 },
-	{ "r": 220, "g": 160, "b": 220 },
-	{ "r": 80, "g": 255, "b": 190 },
-	{ "r": 50, "g": 150, "b": 255 },
-	{ "r": 100, "g": 150, "b": 30 },
-	{ "r": 100, "g": 60, "b": 30 },
-	{ "r": 128, "g": 0, "b": 64 },
-	{ "r": 255, "g": 200, "b": 140 },
-	{ "r": 80, "g": 80, "b": 80 }
-];
+GameSettings.prototype.Attributes.PlayerColor.MAX_COLORS = 16; // the current PlayerColor GUI can only show 16 colors
+
+function loadPlayerColors()
+{
+	const colorsToUse = g_Settings.PlayerDefaults.slice(1).map(pData => pData.Color);
+
+	const json = Engine.ReadJSONFile(g_SettingsDirectory + "player_color_defaults.json");
+	if (!json || !json.Data)
+		warn("Could not load " + g_SettingsDirectory + "player_color_defaults.json" + "!");
+	else
+	{
+		if (json.TranslatedKeys)
+		{
+			let keyContext = json.TranslatedKeys;
+
+			if (json.TranslationContext)
+			{
+				keyContext = {};
+				for (const key of json.TranslatedKeys)
+					keyContext[key] = json.TranslationContext;
+			}
+
+			translateObjectKeys(json.Data, keyContext);
+		}
+
+		// append the new colors at the end
+		colorsToUse.splice(colorsToUse.length, 0, ...json.Data.map(d => d.color));
+	}
+
+	colorsToUse.slice(0, GameSettings.prototype.Attributes.PlayerColor.MAX_COLORS);
+	return colorsToUse;
+}
+
+GameSettings.prototype.Attributes.PlayerColor.prototype.DefaultColors = loadPlayerColors();
Index: binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/data/settings/player_color_defaults.json
===================================================================
--- binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/data/settings/player_color_defaults.json
+++ binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/data/settings/player_color_defaults.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+    "TranslatedKeys": [],
+    "Data": [
+        {
+            "color": { "r": 220, "g": 160, "b": 220 }
+        },
+        {
+            "color": { "r": 80, "g": 255, "b": 190 }
+        },
+        {
+            "color": { "r": 50, "g": 150, "b": 255 }
+        },
+        {
+            "color": { "r": 100, "g": 150, "b": 30 }
+        },
+        {
+            "color": { "r": 100, "g": 60, "b": 30 }
+        },
+        {
+            "color": { "r": 128, "g": 0, "b": 64 }
+        },
+        {
+            "color": { "r": 255, "g": 200, "b": 140 }
+        },
+        {
+            "color": { "r": 80, "g": 80, "b": 80 }
+        }
+    ]
+}