diff --git a/src/styles/components/_bar.scss b/src/styles/components/_bar.scss
index 5d3bb7b1..704a18b5 100644
--- a/src/styles/components/_bar.scss
+++ b/src/styles/components/_bar.scss
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
   .btn {
     background: transparent;
     border-color: transparent;
-    color: $bar-btn-action;
+    color: $bar-btn-action-color;
     display: inline-block;
     height: 42px;
     font: 24px/40px $font-sans-serif;
diff --git a/src/styles/global/_base.scss b/src/styles/global/_base.scss
index 37ce1d91..c943953a 100644
--- a/src/styles/global/_base.scss
+++ b/src/styles/global/_base.scss
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ a {
   transition-property: opacity;
   transition-duration: .5s;
   div {
-    color: $lighter-text;
+    color: $loading;
     display: block;
     font-size: 3em;
     left: 0;
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ a {
 }
 
 .welcome {
-  color: $light-text;
+  color: $welcome;
   font-size: 1.1em;
   margin-top: 80px;
   text-shadow: 0 0 5px black;
diff --git a/src/styles/global/_variables.scss b/src/styles/global/_variables.scss
index 3c84f8ef..830e1a8d 100644
--- a/src/styles/global/_variables.scss
+++ b/src/styles/global/_variables.scss
@@ -34,22 +34,31 @@ $bordercolor: #ccc;
 $actioncolor1: rgb(132,184,25);
 $actioncolor2: rgb(0,149,52);
 
-$light-text: #aaa;
-$lighter-text: #ddd;
-
+// general action based colors
 $action-hover: rgba(0,0,0,.4);
 $action-mute: rgb(219,79,57);
 $action-enable: $actioncolor1;
 
-// nav bar
+// base
+$welcome: #aaa;
+$loading: #ddd;
+
+// font
+$font-sans-serif: "Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
+$base-font-size: 13px; // compass
+$base-line-height: 19px; // compass
+
+// audio video
+$audiovideolevel: $action-enable;
+
+// main navigation bar
+$minbarheight: 44px;
 $bar-logo-text-desc: rgb(34,34,34);
-$bar-btn-action: rgba(0,0,0,.3);
+$bar-btn-action-color: rgba(0,0,0,.3);
 $bar-btn-action-hover: $action-hover;
 $bar-btn-action-mute: $action-mute;
 $bar-btn-action-enable: $action-enable;
 
-$tap-highlight: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
-
 // video
 $video-background: rgba(0,0,0,.4);
 $video-onlyaudio-background: #666;
@@ -124,16 +133,9 @@ $breakpoint-chat-small: 210px;
 
 $breakpoint-settings-medium: 630px;
 
-// font
-$font-sans-serif: "Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;
-  // compass
-$base-font-size: 13px;
-$base-line-height: 19px;
-
-$audiovideolevel: #9dd53a;
+// touch specific
+$tap-highlight: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
 
-//main navigation bar
-$minbarheight: 44px;
 
 
 // ** Fontawsome changed variables **