diff --git a/hellocharts-library/src/lecho/lib/hellocharts/model/Axis.java b/hellocharts-library/src/lecho/lib/hellocharts/model/Axis.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/hellocharts-library/src/lecho/lib/hellocharts/model/Axis.java
+++ b/hellocharts-library/src/lecho/lib/hellocharts/model/Axis.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package lecho.lib.hellocharts.model;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import android.graphics.Color;
 import android.graphics.Typeface;
 
 import lecho.lib.hellocharts.util.Utils;
@@ -24,8 +25,8 @@ public class Axis {
 	private String name;
 	private boolean isAutoGenerated = true;
 	private boolean hasLines = false;
-	private int textColor = Utils.DEFAULT_DARKEN_COLOR;
-	private int lineColor = Utils.DEFAULT_COLOR;
+	private int textColor = Color.LTGRAY;
+	private int lineColor = Utils.DEFAULT_DARKEN_COLOR;
 	private int textSize = DEFAULT_TEXT_SIZE_SP;
 	private int maxLabelChars = DEFAULT_MAX_AXIS_LABEL_CHARS;
 	private Typeface typeface;
Hanged default Axis text color to make it more visible