diff --git a/qiskit/visualization/matplotlib.py b/qiskit/visualization/matplotlib.py
index e4a0fb22235f..6fa719bb4d59 100644
--- a/qiskit/visualization/matplotlib.py
+++ b/qiskit/visualization/matplotlib.py
@@ -346,7 +346,9 @@ def _get_colors(self, op):
         else:
             ec = self._style.edge_color
             lc = self._style.lc
-        if op.name == 'reset':
+        if op.name in self._style.gt:
+            gt = self._style.gt[op.name]
+        elif op.name == 'reset':
             gt = self._style.not_gate_lc
         else:
             gt = self._style.gt
diff --git a/qiskit/visualization/qcstyle.py b/qiskit/visualization/qcstyle.py
index b7200c44ff3a..2cf6cfc16301 100644
--- a/qiskit/visualization/qcstyle.py
+++ b/qiskit/visualization/qcstyle.py
@@ -22,21 +22,71 @@ class DefaultStyle:
 
     def __init__(self):
         # Set colors
-        basis_color = '#FA74A6'     # Red
-        clifford_color = '#6FA4FF'  # Blue
-        non_gate_color = '#000000'  # Black
-        other_color = '#BB8BFF'     # Purple
-        pauli_color = '#05BAB6'     # Green
-        iden_color = '#05BAB6'      # Green
+        other_color = '#9D1C54'
+        hadamard_color = '#f84f5a'
+        classical_color = '#06329A'
+        phase_color= '#3CB3FC'
+        nonunit_color = '#A8A8A8'
+        quantum_color = '#9D1C54'
+
+        white_text = '#ffffff'
+        other_text = '#000000'
 
         self.name = 'iqx'
         self.tc = '#000000'
-        self.sc = '#000000'
+        self.gt = {
+            'h': other_text,
+
+            'x': white_text,
+            'cx': white_text,
+            'ccx': white_text,
+            'swap': white_text,
+            'cswap': white_text,
+            'iswap': white_text,
+
+            't': other_text,
+            'tdg': other_text,
+            's': other_text,
+            'sdg': other_text,
+            'z': other_text,
+            'u1': other_text,
+
+            'meas': other_text,
+            'measure': other_text,
+            'reset': other_text,
+
+
+            'u0': white_text,
+            'u2': white_text,
+            'u3': white_text,
+            'id': white_text,
+            'y': white_text,
+            'cy': white_text,
+            'cz': white_text,
+
+
+            'r': white_text,
+            'rx': white_text,
+            'ry': white_text,
+            'rz': white_text,
+            'rxx': white_text,
+            'ryy': white_text,
+            'rzx': white_text,
+            'rzz': white_text,
+            'ch': white_text,
+            'crx': white_text,
+            'cry': white_text,
+            'crz': white_text,
+
+            'target': other_text,
+            'multi': other_text,
+
+        }
+        self.sc = white_text
         self.lc = '#000000'
         self.not_gate_lc = '#ffffff'
         self.cc = '#778899'         # Medium Gray
         self.gc = other_color
-        self.gt = '#000000'
         self.bc = '#bdbdbd'         # Dark Gray
         self.bg = '#ffffff'
         self.edge_color = None
@@ -76,37 +126,52 @@ def __init__(self):
             'initialize': '$|\\psi\\rangle$'
         }
         self.dispcol = {
-            'u0': basis_color,
-            'u1': basis_color,
-            'u2': basis_color,
-            'u3': basis_color,
-            'id': iden_color,
-            'x': pauli_color,
-            'y': pauli_color,
-            'z': pauli_color,
-            'h': clifford_color,
-            'cx': clifford_color,
-            'cy': clifford_color,
-            'cz': clifford_color,
-            'swap': clifford_color,
-            's': clifford_color,
-            'sdg': clifford_color,
-            'dcx': clifford_color,
-            'iswap': clifford_color,
-            't': other_color,
-            'tdg': other_color,
-            'r': other_color,
-            'rx': other_color,
-            'ry': other_color,
-            'rz': other_color,
-            'rxx': other_color,
-            'ryy': other_color,
-            'rzx': other_color,
-            'reset': non_gate_color,
+            'h': hadamard_color,
+
+            'x': classical_color,
+            'cx': classical_color,
+            'ccx': classical_color,
+            'swap': classical_color,
+            'cswap': classical_color,
+            'iswap': classical_color,
+
+            't': phase_color,
+            'tdg': phase_color,
+            's': phase_color,
+            'sdg': phase_color,
+            'z': phase_color,
+            'u1': phase_color,
+
+            'meas': nonunit_color,
+            'measure': nonunit_color,
+            'reset': nonunit_color,
+
+
+            'u0': quantum_color,
+            'u2': quantum_color,
+            'u3': quantum_color,
+            'id': quantum_color,
+            'y': quantum_color,
+            'cy': quantum_color,
+            'cz': quantum_color,
+
+
+            'r': quantum_color,
+            'rx': quantum_color,
+            'ry': quantum_color,
+            'rz': quantum_color,
+            'rxx': quantum_color,
+            'ryy': quantum_color,
+            'rzx': quantum_color,
+            'rzz': quantum_color,
+            'ch': quantum_color,
+            'crx': quantum_color,
+            'cry': quantum_color,
+            'crz': quantum_color,
+
             'target': '#ffffff',
             'multi': other_color,
-            'meas': non_gate_color,
-            'measure': non_gate_color
+
         }
         self.latexmode = False
         self.index = False