diff --git a/docs/launcher.md b/docs/launcher.md
index fc616819..af1f76c9 100644
--- a/docs/launcher.md
+++ b/docs/launcher.md
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ drawn in code (`launcher/ui/art.py`); no texture, font or sound of the game is i
 
 Customize Launcher (on the home screen) makes the look the player's own:
 
-- Color Scheme: Kokiri Forest (the colours above), Death Mountain, Zora's Domain, Gerudo Valley, Temple of Time and
-  Shadow Temple. A scheme is the first one with its woods, accents, backdrop and glow turned to other hues
-  (`art.THEMES`, `art.recolor`), so each keeps the same light and dark steps and the same readable text. The window is
-  drawn again in the new colours at once.
+- Color Scheme: Forest (the colours above), Volcano, Lake, Desert, Temple and Shadow. A scheme is the first one with
+  its woods, accents, backdrop and glow turned to other hues (`art.THEMES`, `art.recolor`), so each keeps the same
+  light and dark steps and the same readable text. The window is drawn again in the new colours at once. The names
+  are plain words, not the game's.
 - Background: a picture of the player's own behind the panels instead of the scheme's backdrop (`launcher/ui/picture.py`:
   PNG, JPEG, WebP, BMP, GIF or TIFF, read with Pillow). It is cut to the window's shape around its middle and kept as
   `data/background.npy`, so the launcher needs the file no more; Background Dimming darkens it (0 to 80 %) for the
diff --git a/launcher/settings.py b/launcher/settings.py
index c654e21b..7842ea49 100644
--- a/launcher/settings.py
+++ b/launcher/settings.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DEFAULTS = {
     'desktop_shortcut': True,
     'save_export_dir': '',        # where Saves > Export Save writes its zip; empty: the Downloads folder
     'export_with_log': True,      # Export Save adds the game's latest log and nx2navi.ini (for a bug report)
-    'theme': 'kokiri',            # the colour scheme (launcher/ui/art.py THEMES)
+    'theme': 'forest',            # the colour scheme (launcher/ui/art.py THEMES)
     'background': '',             # the picture the player chose as the background; its fitted copy is data/background.npy
     'background_dim': 40,         # how much that picture is darkened, in percent
     'animations': True,           # the cursor glides, screens slide in, sparks drift, Navi bobs
diff --git a/launcher/ui/art.py b/launcher/ui/art.py
index f1385bf5..36cb336c 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/art.py
+++ b/launcher/ui/art.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import numpy as np
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------- colours
 
-# The first colour scheme, Kokiri Forest: bronze wood on a misty dark green.
+# The first colour scheme, Forest: bronze wood on a misty dark green.
 BASE = {
     'window': '#06180d',
     'panel': '#3a2b22',
@@ -64,19 +64,19 @@ GROUPS = {
 # None to keep each colour's own, saturation factor, lightness factor, saturation added), applied to the first
 # scheme's colours (recolor), so a scheme keeps the first one's light and dark steps. 'set': colours given as they are.
 THEMES = {
-    'kokiri': {'label': 'Kokiri Forest'},
-    'death_mountain': {'label': 'Death Mountain', 'wood': (14, 0.95, 0.80, 0), 'accent': (16, 1.05, 1.0, 0),
+    'forest': {'label': 'Forest'},
+    'volcano': {'label': 'Volcano', 'wood': (14, 0.95, 0.80, 0), 'accent': (16, 1.05, 1.0, 0),
                        'scene': (6, 1.0, 1.0, 0.25), 'glow': (30, 1.0, 1.0, 0), 'text': (30, 1.0, 1.0, 0)},
-    'zora': {'label': "Zora's Domain", 'wood': (207, 0.75, 0.92, 0), 'accent': (188, 0.95, 1.0, 0),
+    'lake': {'label': 'Lake', 'wood': (207, 0.75, 0.92, 0), 'accent': (188, 0.95, 1.0, 0),
              'scene': (200, 1.0, 1.05, 0.2), 'glow': (185, 1.0, 1.0, 0), 'text': (200, 0.55, 1.02, 0)},
-    'gerudo': {'label': 'Gerudo Valley', 'wood': (26, 1.15, 1.0, 0), 'accent': (352, 0.9, 1.0, 0),
+    'desert': {'label': 'Desert', 'wood': (26, 1.15, 1.0, 0), 'accent': (352, 0.9, 1.0, 0),
                'scene': (318, 0.8, 0.95, 0.15), 'glow': (45, 1.0, 1.0, 0), 'text': (36, 1.0, 1.0, 0)},
-    'temple': {'label': 'Temple of Time', 'wood': (220, 0.22, 0.95, 0), 'accent': (46, 0.95, 1.02, 0),
+    'temple': {'label': 'Temple', 'wood': (220, 0.22, 0.95, 0), 'accent': (46, 0.95, 1.02, 0),
                'scene': (222, 0.55, 1.0, 0.05), 'glow': (48, 1.0, 1.0, 0.5), 'text': (48, 0.45, 1.02, 0)},
-    'shadow': {'label': 'Shadow Temple', 'wood': (268, 0.55, 0.78, 0), 'accent': (286, 0.75, 1.0, 0),
+    'shadow': {'label': 'Shadow', 'wood': (268, 0.55, 0.78, 0), 'accent': (286, 0.75, 1.0, 0),
                'scene': (272, 0.9, 0.8, 0.2), 'glow': (280, 1.0, 1.0, 0.2), 'text': (270, 0.5, 1.0, 0)},
 }
-DEFAULT_THEME = 'kokiri'
+DEFAULT_THEME = 'forest'
 
 
 def recolor(hexcolor, hue, sat=1.0, light=1.0, add=0.0):
diff --git a/tests/launcher_test.py b/tests/launcher_test.py
index 6378f9ef..d733f0ed 100644
--- a/tests/launcher_test.py
+++ b/tests/launcher_test.py
@@ -2447,7 +2447,7 @@ class LookTest(Tmp):
 
     def test_every_colour_scheme_has_every_colour(self):
         art = self.art
-        self.assertEqual(art.theme_palette('kokiri'), art.BASE)   # the first scheme is the colours as written
+        self.assertEqual(art.theme_palette('forest'), art.BASE)   # the first scheme is the colours as written
         for name, t in art.THEMES.items():
             pal = art.theme_palette(name)
             self.assertEqual(set(pal), set(art.BASE), name)
@@ -2462,15 +2462,15 @@ class LookTest(Tmp):
         art = self.art
         held = art.PALETTE
         try:
-            self.assertEqual(art.set_theme('zora'), 'zora')
+            self.assertEqual(art.set_theme('lake'), 'lake')
             self.assertIs(art.PALETTE, held)
             self.assertNotEqual(held['panel'], art.BASE['panel'])
             self.assertEqual(held['salmon'], art.BASE['salmon'])        # a warning stays a warning in every scheme
-            self.assertEqual(art.set_theme('no such scheme'), 'kokiri')
+            self.assertEqual(art.set_theme('no such scheme'), 'forest')
             self.assertEqual(dict(held), art.BASE)
-            self.assertEqual(art.set_theme(None), 'kokiri')             # launcher.json without the key
+            self.assertEqual(art.set_theme(None), 'forest')             # launcher.json without the key
         finally:
-            art.set_theme('kokiri')
+            art.set_theme('forest')
 
     def test_recolor_keeps_light_and_dark(self):
         import colorsys
@@ -2639,14 +2639,14 @@ class LookTest(Tmp):
         path = self.tmp / 'launcher.json'
         s = settings.Settings(path)
         self.assertEqual((s['theme'], s['background'], s['background_dim'], s['animations'], s['sounds']),
-                         ('kokiri', '', 40, True, 'low'))
+                         ('forest', '', 40, True, 'low'))
         s['theme'], s['sounds'], s['background_dim'] = 'shadow', 'high', 60
         s.save()
         t = settings.Settings(path)
         self.assertEqual((t['theme'], t['sounds'], t['background_dim']), ('shadow', 'high', 60))
         path.write_text(json.dumps({'theme': 5, 'animations': 'yes', 'background_dim': '40'}))
         u = settings.Settings(path)                        # values of the wrong kind: the defaults
-        self.assertEqual((u['theme'], u['animations'], u['background_dim']), ('kokiri', True, 40))
+        self.assertEqual((u['theme'], u['animations'], u['background_dim']), ('forest', True, 40))
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------- the window