diff --git a/pywal/templates/colors b/pywal/templates/colors
deleted file mode 100644
index 228f4c8..0000000
--- a/pywal/templates/colors
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{color0}
-{color1}
-{color2}
-{color3}
-{color4}
-{color5}
-{color6}
-{color7}
-{color8}
-{color9}
-{color10}
-{color11}
-{color12}
-{color13}
-{color14}
-{color15}
diff --git a/pywal/templates/colors.css b/pywal/templates/colors.css
index 439bbad..f55238b 100644
--- a/pywal/templates/colors.css
+++ b/pywal/templates/colors.css
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 /* CSS variables
    Generated by 'wal' */
 :root {{
+    --background: {background};
+    --foreground: {foreground};
+    --cursor: {cursor};
 	--color0: {color0};
 	--color1: {color1};
 	--color2: {color2};
diff --git a/pywal/templates/colors.json b/pywal/templates/colors.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdd9828
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pywal/templates/colors.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{{
+    "special": {{
+        "background": "{background}",
+        "foreground": "{foreground}",
+        "cursor": "{cursor}"
+    }},
+    "colors": {{
+        "color0": "{color0}",
+        "color1": "{color1}",
+        "color2": "{color2}",
+        "color3": "{color3}",
+        "color4": "{color4}",
+        "color5": "{color5}",
+        "color6": "{color6}",
+        "color7": "{color7}",
+        "color8": "{color8}",
+        "color9": "{color9}",
+        "color10": "{color10}",
+        "color11": "{color11}",
+        "color12": "{color12}",
+        "color13": "{color13}",
+        "color14": "{color14}",
+        "color15": "{color15}"
+    }}
+}}
diff --git a/pywal/templates/colors.scss b/pywal/templates/colors.scss
index c2dc797..1a2e183 100644
--- a/pywal/templates/colors.scss
+++ b/pywal/templates/colors.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 // SCSS Variables
 // Generated by 'wal'
+$background: {background};
+$foreground: {foreground};
+$cursor: {cursor};
 $color0: {color0};
 $color1: {color1};
 $color2: {color2};
diff --git a/pywal/templates/colors.sh b/pywal/templates/colors.sh
index 1362da2..607d19e 100644
--- a/pywal/templates/colors.sh
+++ b/pywal/templates/colors.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Shell variables
 # Generated by 'wal'
+background='{background}'
+foreground='{foreground}'
+cursor='{cursor}'
 color0='{color0}'
 color1='{color1}'
 color2='{color2}'