diff --git a/src/components/button.style.js b/src/components/button.style.js
index 51f781e1..49147c8d 100644
--- a/src/components/button.style.js
+++ b/src/components/button.style.js
@@ -15,5 +15,20 @@ export default {
   validInnerComponents: [
     'Text',
     'Icon'
+  ],
+  defaultRules: [
+    {
+      component: 'Button',
+      directives: {
+        background: '--fg'
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      component: 'Button',
+      state: ['hover'],
+      directives: {
+        background: '#FFFFFF'
+      }
+    }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/components/link.style.js b/src/components/link.style.js
index 0128fd91..d13cef33 100644
--- a/src/components/link.style.js
+++ b/src/components/link.style.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ export default {
       component: 'Link',
       state: ['faint'],
       directives: {
-        textColor: '--link',
         textOpacity: 0.5,
         textOpacityMode: 'fake'
       }
diff --git a/src/components/panel.style.js b/src/components/panel.style.js
index 870f5099..a9de7e56 100644
--- a/src/components/panel.style.js
+++ b/src/components/panel.style.js
@@ -7,5 +7,13 @@ export default {
     'Icon',
     'Button',
     'PanelHeader'
+  ],
+  defaultRules: [
+    {
+      component: 'Panel',
+      directives: {
+        background: '--fg'
+      }
+    }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/components/panel_header.style.js b/src/components/panel_header.style.js
index e83e1f15..01f8a67f 100644
--- a/src/components/panel_header.style.js
+++ b/src/components/panel_header.style.js
@@ -6,5 +6,14 @@ export default {
     'Link',
     'Icon',
     'Button'
+  ],
+  defaultRules: [
+    {
+      component: 'PanelHeader',
+      directives: {
+        background: '--fg'
+        // opacity: 0.9
+      }
+    }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/components/text.style.js b/src/components/text.style.js
index e52b6f68..18472032 100644
--- a/src/components/text.style.js
+++ b/src/components/text.style.js
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export default {
       component: 'Text',
       state: ['faint'],
       directives: {
-        textColor: '--text',
         textOpacity: 0.5
       }
     },
@@ -29,15 +28,6 @@ export default {
       directives: {
         textColor: '--cGreen'
       }
-    },
-    {
-      component: 'Text',
-      variant: 'greentext',
-      state: ['faint'],
-      directives: {
-        textColor: '--cGreen',
-        textOpacity: 0.5
-      }
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/components/underlay.style.js b/src/components/underlay.style.js
index c35fbada..380ea26e 100644
--- a/src/components/underlay.style.js
+++ b/src/components/underlay.style.js
@@ -4,5 +4,16 @@ export default {
   outOfTreeSelector: '.underlay',
   validInnerComponents: [
     'Panel'
+  ],
+  defaultRules: [
+    {
+      component: 'Underlay',
+      // variant: 'normal',
+      // state: 'normal'
+      directives: {
+        background: '#000000',
+        opacity: 0.2
+      }
+    }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/services/theme_data/pleromafe.t3.js b/src/services/theme_data/pleromafe.t3.js
index 9fadf0ee..db612a5b 100644
--- a/src/services/theme_data/pleromafe.t3.js
+++ b/src/services/theme_data/pleromafe.t3.js
@@ -1,40 +1,2 @@
 export const sampleRules = [
-  {
-    component: 'Underlay',
-    // variant: 'normal',
-    // state: 'normal'
-    directives: {
-      background: '#000000',
-      opacity: 0.2
-    }
-  },
-  {
-    component: 'Panel',
-    directives: {
-      background: '--fg'
-      // opacity: 0.9
-    }
-  },
-  {
-    component: 'PanelHeader',
-    directives: {
-      background: '--fg'
-      // opacity: 0.9
-    }
-  },
-  {
-    component: 'Button',
-    directives: {
-      background: '--fg'
-      // opacity: 0.8
-    }
-  },
-  {
-    component: 'Button',
-    state: ['hover'],
-    directives: {
-      background: '#FFFFFF'
-      // opacity: 0.9
-    }
-  }
 ]
diff --git a/src/services/theme_data/theme_data_3.service.js b/src/services/theme_data/theme_data_3.service.js
index c9468d07..b7679021 100644
--- a/src/services/theme_data/theme_data_3.service.js
+++ b/src/services/theme_data/theme_data_3.service.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import { convert } from 'chromatism'
-import { alphaBlend, getTextColor, rgba2css, mixrgb } from '../color_convert/color_convert.js'
+import { convert, brightness } from 'chromatism'
+import merge from 'lodash.merge'
+import { alphaBlend, getTextColor, rgba2css, mixrgb, relativeLuminance } from '../color_convert/color_convert.js'
 
 import Underlay from 'src/components/underlay.style.js'
 import Panel from 'src/components/panel.style.js'
@@ -87,27 +88,35 @@ export const init = (extraRuleset, palette) => {
     rulesByComponent[rule.component].push(rule)
   }
 
-  const findRules = (combination, parent) => rule => {
+  const findRules = (searchCombination, parent) => rule => {
     // inexact search
     const doesCombinationMatch = () => {
-      if (combination.component !== rule.component) return false
-      if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(rule, 'variant')) {
-        if (combination.variant !== rule.variant) return false
-      } else {
-        if (combination.variant !== 'normal') return false
+      if (searchCombination.component !== rule.component) return false
+      const ruleVariant = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(rule, 'variant') ? rule.variant : 'normal'
+
+      if (ruleVariant !== 'normal') {
+        if (searchCombination.variant !== rule.variant) return false
       }
 
-      if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(rule, 'state')) {
-        const ruleStatesSet = new Set(['normal', ...(rule.state || [])])
-        const combinationSet = new Set(['normal', ...combination.state])
-        const setsAreEqual = combination.state.every(state => ruleStatesSet.has(state)) &&
+      const ruleHasStateDefined = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(rule, 'state')
+      let ruleStateSet
+      if (ruleHasStateDefined) {
+        ruleStateSet = new Set(['normal', ...rule.state])
+      } else {
+        ruleStateSet = new Set(['normal'])
+      }
+
+      if (ruleStateSet.size > 1) {
+        const ruleStatesSet = ruleStateSet
+        const combinationSet = new Set(['normal', ...searchCombination.state])
+        const setsAreEqual = searchCombination.state.every(state => ruleStatesSet.has(state)) &&
               [...ruleStatesSet].every(state => combinationSet.has(state))
         return setsAreEqual
       } else {
-        if (combination.state.length !== 1 || combination.state[0] !== 'normal') return false
         return true
       }
     }
+
     const combinationMatches = doesCombinationMatch()
     if (!parent || !combinationMatches) return combinationMatches
 
@@ -154,21 +163,31 @@ export const init = (extraRuleset, palette) => {
     return filter(lowerLevelComponent) ? lowerLevelComponent : null
   }
 
-  const findColor = (color) => {
-    if (typeof color === 'string' && color.startsWith('--')) {
-      const name = color.substring(2)
-      return palette[name]
+  const findColor = (color, background) => {
+    if (typeof color !== 'string' || !color.startsWith('--')) return color
+    let targetColor = null
+    // Color references other color
+    const [variable, modifier] = color.split(/,/g).map(str => str.trim())
+    const variableSlot = variable.substring(2)
+    targetColor = palette[variableSlot]
+
+    if (modifier) {
+      const effectiveBackground = background ?? targetColor
+      const isLightOnDark = relativeLuminance(convert(effectiveBackground).rgb) < 0.5
+      const mod = isLightOnDark ? 1 : -1
+      targetColor = brightness(Number.parseFloat(modifier) * mod, targetColor).rgb
     }
-    return color
+
+    return targetColor
   }
 
   const getTextColorAlpha = (rule, lowerRule, value) => {
     const opacity = rule.directives.textOpacity
-    const textColor = convert(findColor(value)).rgb
+    const backgroundColor = convert(lowerRule.cache.background).rgb
+    const textColor = convert(findColor(value, backgroundColor)).rgb
     if (opacity === null || opacity === undefined || opacity >= 1) {
       return convert(textColor).hex
     }
-    const backgroundColor = convert(lowerRule.cache.background).rgb
     if (opacity === 0) {
       return convert(backgroundColor).hex
     }
@@ -217,6 +236,7 @@ export const init = (extraRuleset, palette) => {
         ].join('')
 
         const lowerLevel = findLowerLevelRule(parent, (r) => {
+          if (!r) return false
           if (components[r.component].validInnerComponents.indexOf(component.name) < 0) return false
           if (r.cache.background === undefined) return false
           if (r.cache.textDefined) {
@@ -234,15 +254,15 @@ export const init = (extraRuleset, palette) => {
 
         if (!inheritedTextColorRule) {
           const generalTextColorRules = ruleset.filter(findRules({ component: component.name, ...combination }, null, true))
-          inheritedTextColorRule = generalTextColorRules[generalTextColorRules.length - 1]
+          inheritedTextColorRule = generalTextColorRules.reduce((acc, rule) => merge(acc, rule), {})
         } else {
-          inheritedTextColorRule = inheritedTextColorRules[inheritedTextColorRules.length - 1]
+          inheritedTextColorRule = inheritedTextColorRules.reduce((acc, rule) => merge(acc, rule), {})
         }
 
         let inheritedTextColor
         let inheritedTextOpacity = {}
         if (inheritedTextColorRule) {
-          inheritedTextColor = findColor(inheritedTextColorRule.directives.textColor)
+          inheritedTextColor = findColor(inheritedTextColorRule.directives.textColor, convert(lowerLevel.cache.background).rgb)
           // also inherit opacity settings
           const { textOpacity, textOpacityMode } = inheritedTextColorRule.directives
           inheritedTextOpacity = { textOpacity, textOpacityMode }
@@ -284,8 +304,11 @@ export const init = (extraRuleset, palette) => {
 
         // Global (general) rules
         if (existingGlobalRules.length !== 0) {
+          const totalRule = existingGlobalRules.reduce((acc, rule) => merge(acc, rule), {})
+          const { directives } = totalRule
+
+          // last rule is used as a cache
           const lastRule = existingGlobalRules[existingGlobalRules.length - 1]
-          const { directives } = lastRule
           lastRule.cache = lastRule.cache || {}
 
           if (directives.background) {