diff --git a/lib/game/block_painter.dart b/lib/game/block_painter.dart
index 6fc183e..289df9f 100644
--- a/lib/game/block_painter.dart
+++ b/lib/game/block_painter.dart
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ void paintBlock(Canvas canvas, Rect rect, Color color, {double opacity = 1}) {
   final inset = rect.shortestSide * 0.015;
   final body = rect.deflate(inset);
   final side = body.shortestSide;
-  final outerR = Radius.circular(side * 0.22);
+  final outerR = Radius.circular(side * 0.10);
 
   Color withA(Color c) => c.withValues(alpha: c.a * opacity);
 
-  final light = Color.lerp(color, _white, 0.55)!;
-  final dark = Color.lerp(color, _black, 0.30)!;
+  final light = Color.lerp(color, _white, 0.42)!;
+  final dark = Color.lerp(color, _black, 0.34)!;
 
   // 1. Outer body: diagonal light→dark gives the directional 3D. The bevel
   //    border (revealed around the inner face below) reads as lit on the
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ void paintBlock(Canvas canvas, Rect rect, Color color, {double opacity = 1}) {
 
   // 2. Raised inner face: inset rounded rect, brighter at the top, that
   //    leaves the beveled border showing all around.
-  final bevel = side * 0.14;
+  final bevel = side * 0.13;
   final face = body.deflate(bevel);
   canvas.drawRRect(
-    RRect.fromRectAndRadius(face, Radius.circular(face.shortestSide * 0.2)),
+    RRect.fromRectAndRadius(face, Radius.circular(face.shortestSide * 0.08)),
     Paint()
       ..shader = Gradient.linear(face.topCenter, face.bottomCenter, [
-        withA(Color.lerp(color, _white, 0.32)!),
+        withA(Color.lerp(color, _white, 0.20)!),
         withA(color),
       ]),
   );
diff --git a/lib/models/game_theme.dart b/lib/models/game_theme.dart
index 3178b86..6a7f129 100644
--- a/lib/models/game_theme.dart
+++ b/lib/models/game_theme.dart
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ const GameTheme defaultTheme = GameTheme(
   // Brightened after playtest feedback (2026-07-14): the original set
   // read too dark on real phone panels next to genre peers.
   blockPalette: [
-    Color(0xFFFF6161), // 0 red
-    Color(0xFF59D96A), // 1 green
-    Color(0xFFFFA033), // 2 orange
-    Color(0xFFFFD84D), // 3 yellow
-    Color(0xFF4D9BFF), // 4 blue
-    Color(0xFFBB6BFF), // 5 purple
-    Color(0xFF3FD9F5), // 6 cyan
-    Color(0xFFFF7BC4), // 7 pink
+    Color(0xFFFF2E2E), // 0 red
+    Color(0xFF2FD048), // 1 green
+    Color(0xFFFF8A00), // 2 orange
+    Color(0xFFFFCE00), // 3 yellow
+    Color(0xFF2B82FF), // 4 blue
+    Color(0xFFA43BFF), // 5 purple
+    Color(0xFF12CFEF), // 6 cyan
+    Color(0xFFFF52AE), // 7 pink
   ],
   ghostOverlay: Color(0x66FFFFFF),
   lineHighlight: Color(0xAAFFF176),