diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f17604d..1fa0e86 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,19 @@ and [Infochimps](https://github.com/infochimps-labs/ironfan-pantry/blob/master/c
 * `node["graphite"]["dashboard"]["timezone"]` - Default dashboard timezone.
 * `node["graphite"]["dashboard"]["memcache_hosts"]` - Array of IP and port pairs
   for memcached.
+* `node["graphite"]["templates"]` - Additional template defintions
+
+### Default Template Definition
+
+* `default["graphite"]["templates"]["default"]["background"]`   = "black"
+* `default["graphite"]["templates"]["default"]["foreground"]`   = "white"
+* `default["graphite"]["templates"]["default"]["majorLine"]`    = "white"
+* `default["graphite"]["templates"]["default"]["minorLine"]`    = "grey"
+* `default["graphite"]["templates"]["default"]["lineColors"]`   = "blue,green,red,purple,brown,yellow,aqua,grey,magenta,pink,gold,rose"
+* `default["graphite"]["templates"]["default"]["fontName"]`     = "Sans"
+* `default["graphite"]["templates"]["default"]["fontSize"]`     = "10"
+* `default["graphite"]["templates"]["default"]["fontBold"]`     = "False"
+* `default["graphite"]["templates"]["default"]["fontItalic"]`   = "False"
 
 ## Recipes
 
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index dbe270a..7140410 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -4,3 +4,14 @@
 default["graphite"]["carbon"]["cache_query_interface"]      = "127.0.0.1"
 default["graphite"]["dashboard"]["timezone"]                = "America/New_York"
 default["graphite"]["dashboard"]["memcache_hosts"]          = [ "127.0.0.1:11211" ]
+
+# The default values template
+default["graphite"]["templates"]["default"]["background"]   = "black"
+default["graphite"]["templates"]["default"]["foreground"]   = "white"
+default["graphite"]["templates"]["default"]["majorLine"]    = "white"
+default["graphite"]["templates"]["default"]["minorLine"]    = "grey"
+default["graphite"]["templates"]["default"]["lineColors"]   = "blue,green,red,purple,brown,yellow,aqua,grey,magenta,pink,gold,rose"
+default["graphite"]["templates"]["default"]["fontName"]     = "Sans"
+default["graphite"]["templates"]["default"]["fontSize"]     = "10"
+default["graphite"]["templates"]["default"]["fontBold"]     = "False"
+default["graphite"]["templates"]["default"]["fontItalic"]   = "False"
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diff --git a/recipes/dashboard.rb b/recipes/dashboard.rb
index 3448601..c0c0dd9 100644
--- a/recipes/dashboard.rb
+++ b/recipes/dashboard.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@
   action :install
 end
 
+template "/opt/graphite/conf/graphTemplates.conf" do
+  mode "0644"
+  source "graphTemplates.conf.erb"
+  owner node["apache"]["user"]
+  group node["apache"]["group"]
+  notifies :restart, "service[apache2]"
+end
+
 template "/opt/graphite/webapp/graphite/local_settings.py" do
   mode "0644"
   source "local_settings.py.erb"
@@ -23,6 +31,8 @@
   notifies :restart, "service[apache2]"
 end
 
+
+
 apache_site "000-default" do
   enable false
 end
diff --git a/templates/default/graphTemplates.conf.erb b/templates/default/graphTemplates.conf.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70e21c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/default/graphTemplates.conf.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+<% @node["graphite"]["templates"].each do |template_name, template_values| %>
+[<%= template_name %>]
+<% if template_values.has_key?("background")  %>background = <%=  template_values["background"] %><% end %>
+<% if template_values.has_key?("foreground")  %>foreground = <%=  template_values["foreground"] %><% end %>
+<% if template_values.has_key?("majorLine")  %>majorLine = <%=  template_values["majorLine"] %><% end %>
+<% if template_values.has_key?("minorLine")  %>minorLine = <%=  template_values["minorLine"] %><% end %>
+<% if template_values.has_key?("lineColors")  %>lineColors = <%=  template_values["lineColors"] %><% end %>
+<% if template_values.has_key?("fontName")  %>fontName = <%=  template_values["fontName"] %><% end %>
+<% if template_values.has_key?("fontSize")  %>fontSize = <%=  template_values["fontSize"] %><% end %>
+<% if template_values.has_key?("fontBold")  %>fontBold = <%=  template_values["fontBold"] %><% end %>
+<% if template_values.has_key?("fontItalic")  %>fontItalic = <%=  template_values["fontItalic"] %><% end %>
+
+<% end %>
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