diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2f5e5f86f3e4bf505b5fa75194a22fb8da092afa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/values/colors.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<resources>
+    <!--   color for the app bar and other primary UI elements -->
+    <color name="colorPrimary">#ff7e5f</color>
+
+    <!--   a darker variant of the primary color, used for
+           the status bar (on Android 5.0+) and contextual app bars -->
+    <color name="colorPrimaryDark">#c74e34</color>
+
+    <!--   a secondary color for controls like checkboxes and text fields -->
+    <color name="colorAccent">#351c4d</color>
+</resources>
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diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
index 319eb0ca100b5aae62b669a5f375ec234aabe351..553627547dbff979337a41fe1b6a93433ba2887f 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     <!-- Base application theme. -->
     <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
         <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
+        <item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
     </style>
 
 </resources>