diff --git a/client/app/scripts/mixins/node-color-mixin.js b/client/app/scripts/mixins/node-color-mixin.js
index 51f958ba0..1e88b9dbd 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/mixins/node-color-mixin.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/mixins/node-color-mixin.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 const d3 = require('d3');
 
 const PSEUDO_COLOR = '#b1b1cb';
-const hueScale = d3.scale.linear().range([0, 359]);
-const lightnessScale = d3.scale.linear().domain([0, 359]).range([0.3, 0.7]);
+const hueRange = [20, 330]; // exclude red
+const hueScale = d3.scale.linear().range(hueRange);
+// map hues to lightness
+const lightnessScale = d3.scale.linear().domain(hueRange).range([0.3, 0.7]);
 const startLetterRange = 'A'.charCodeAt();
 const endLetterRange = 'Z'.charCodeAt();
 const letterRange = endLetterRange - startLetterRange;
@@ -23,8 +25,12 @@ function text2degree(text) {
 }
 
 function colors(text, secondText) {
-  const hue = text2degree(text);
-  const saturation = 0.8;
+  let hue = text2degree(text);
+  // skip green and shift to the end of the color wheel
+  if (hue > 70 && hue < 150) {
+    hue += 80;
+  }
+  const saturation = 0.7;
   let lightness = 0.5;
   if (secondText) {
     // reuse text2degree and feed degree to lightness scale