diff --git a/terminus-community-color-schemes/src/colorSchemes.ts b/terminus-community-color-schemes/src/colorSchemes.ts
index b3f4f465..05fd83a3 100644
--- a/terminus-community-color-schemes/src/colorSchemes.ts
+++ b/terminus-community-color-schemes/src/colorSchemes.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,23 @@ export class ColorSchemes extends TerminalColorSchemeProvider {
 
         schemeContents.keys().forEach(schemeFile => {
             let lines = (schemeContents(schemeFile) as string).split('\n')
+
+            // process #define variables
+            let variables: any = {}
+            lines
+                .filter(x => x.startsWith('#define'))
+                .map(x => x.split(' ').map(v => v.trim()))
+                .forEach(([ignore, variableName, variableValue]) => {
+                    variables[variableName] = variableValue
+                })
+
             let values: any = {}
             lines
                 .filter(x => x.startsWith('*.'))
                 .map(x => x.substring(2))
                 .map(x => x.split(':').map(v => v.trim()))
                 .forEach(([key, value]) => {
-                    values[key] = value
+                    values[key] = variables[value] ? variables[value] : value
                 })
 
             let colors: string[] = []