diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9655552..41c6d22 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "moveroplot"
-version = "1.1.3"
+version = "1.1.4"
 description = "Movero-plot"
 readme = "README.md"
 keywords = [
diff --git a/src/moveroplot/config/plot_settings.py b/src/moveroplot/config/plot_settings.py
index 6415fb0..cca538f 100644
--- a/src/moveroplot/config/plot_settings.py
+++ b/src/moveroplot/config/plot_settings.py
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 """Static configurations settings for plots."""
 
 modelcolors: list[str] = [
-    "black",
-    "red",
-    "blue",
-    "green",
-    "cyan",
-    "yellow",
-    "magenta",
-    "orange",
+    "tab:red",
+    "tab:blue",
+    "tab:orange",
+    "tab:green",
+    "tab:purple",
+    "tab:brown",
+    "tab:pink",
+    "tab:gray",
+    "tab:olive",
+    "tab:cyan",
 ]
 
 line_styles: list[str] = ["-", ":", "--", "-."]
diff --git a/src/moveroplot/parse_inputs.py b/src/moveroplot/parse_inputs.py
index 1b5de50..527de1a 100644
--- a/src/moveroplot/parse_inputs.py
+++ b/src/moveroplot/parse_inputs.py
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ def _parse_inputs(
             """
             )
         plot_settings.modelcolors = color_list
+    else:
+        if len(all_model_versions) > len(plot_settings.modelcolors):
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"""
+            The number of model versions is larger than the
+            number of predefined colors for plotting
+            ({len(all_model_versions)} > {len(plot_settings.modelcolors)})
+            """
+            )
+
     plot_models_setup = [
         model_combinations.split("/")
         for model_combinations in model_versions.split(",")