diff --git a/packages/ott-vis-panel/src/colors.ts b/packages/ott-vis-panel/src/colors.ts
index 6490f91e2..27a424350 100644
--- a/packages/ott-vis-panel/src/colors.ts
+++ b/packages/ott-vis-panel/src/colors.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
+import * as d3 from "d3";
+
 class ColorProvider {
+	private color = d3.scaleOrdinal(d3.schemeCategory10);
+	private assignments: Map<string, string> = new Map();
+
 	public assign(thing: string): string {
-		// TODO: implement
-		return "";
+		if (!this.assignments.has(thing)) {
+			this.assignments.set(thing, this.color(thing));
+		}
+		return this.assignments.get(thing)!;
 	}
 
-	public assignments(): Map<string, string> {
-		// TODO: implement
-		return new Map();
+	public getAssignments(): Map<string, string> {
+		return this.assignments;
 	}
 }