diff --git a/src/panel/graph_panel/colors.ts b/src/panel/graph_panel/colors.ts
index 778fea7..451fd17 100644
--- a/src/panel/graph_panel/colors.ts
+++ b/src/panel/graph_panel/colors.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ export const ANALYTIC_UNIT_COLORS = [
   '#f8c171',
 ];
 
+export const DEFAULT_DELETED_SEGMENT_COLOR = '#00f0ff';
 export const REGION_UNLABEL_COLOR_LIGHT = '#d1d1d1';
 export const REGION_UNLABEL_COLOR_DARK = 'white';
 export const LABELED_SEGMENT_BORDER_COLOR = 'black';
diff --git a/src/panel/graph_panel/models/analytic_unit.ts b/src/panel/graph_panel/models/analytic_unit.ts
index 8d81310..85e70c8 100644
--- a/src/panel/graph_panel/models/analytic_unit.ts
+++ b/src/panel/graph_panel/models/analytic_unit.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { SegmentsSet } from './segment_set';
 import { SegmentArray } from './segment_array';
 import { Segment, SegmentId } from './segment';
 
-import { ANALYTIC_UNIT_COLORS } from '../colors';
+import { ANALYTIC_UNIT_COLORS, DEFAULT_DELETED_SEGMENT_COLOR } from '../colors';
 
 import _ from 'lodash';
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export class AnalyticUnit {
     _.defaults(this._panelObject, {
       name: 'AnalyticUnitName',
       labeledColor: ANALYTIC_UNIT_COLORS[0],
-      deletedColor: '#00f0ff',
+      deletedColor: DEFAULT_DELETED_SEGMENT_COLOR,
       detectorType: 'pattern',
       type: 'GENERAL',
       alert: false