diff --git a/admin/settings/appearance.php b/admin/settings/appearance.php
index 824a647e1fb..4730c3217ad 100644
--- a/admin/settings/appearance.php
+++ b/admin/settings/appearance.php
@@ -76,6 +76,24 @@ preferences,moodle|/user/preferences.php|t/preferences',
 
     $ADMIN->add('appearance', $temp);
 
+    // Course colours section.
+    $temp = new admin_settingpage('coursecolors', new lang_string('coursecolorsettings', 'admin'));
+    $temp->add(new admin_setting_heading('coursecolorheading', '',
+        new lang_string('coursecolorheading_desc', 'admin')));
+
+    $basecolors = ['#81ecec', '#74b9ff', '#a29bfe', '#dfe6e9', '#00b894',
+            '#0984e3', '#b2bec3', '#fdcb6e', '#fd79a8', '#6c5ce7'];
+
+    foreach ($basecolors as $key => $color) {
+        $number = $key + 1;
+        $name = 'core_admin/coursecolor' . $number;
+        $title = get_string('coursecolor', 'admin', $number);
+        $setting = new admin_setting_configcolourpicker($name, $title, '', $color);
+        $temp->add($setting);
+    }
+
+    $ADMIN->add('appearance', $temp);
+
     // Calendar settings.
     $temp = new admin_settingpage('calendar', new lang_string('calendarsettings','admin'));
 
diff --git a/lang/en/admin.php b/lang/en/admin.php
index 680aa0711a0..f020090d762 100644
--- a/lang/en/admin.php
+++ b/lang/en/admin.php
@@ -390,6 +390,9 @@ $string['cookiehttponly'] = 'Only http cookies';
 $string['cookiesecure'] = 'Secure cookies only';
 $string['country'] = 'Default country';
 $string['course_customfield'] = 'Course custom fields';
+$string['coursecolor'] = 'Colour {$a}';
+$string['coursecolorheading_desc'] = 'Any courses without a course image set in the course settings are displayed on the Dashboard with a patterned course card. The colours used in the pattern may be specified below.';
+$string['coursecolorsettings'] = 'Course card colours';
 $string['coursecontact'] = 'Course contacts';
 $string['coursecontact_desc'] = 'This setting allows you to control who appears on the course description. Users need to have at least one of these roles in a course to be shown on the course description for that course.';
 $string['coursecontactduplicates'] = 'Display all course contact roles';
diff --git a/lib/db/upgrade.php b/lib/db/upgrade.php
index a259c6ea872..048ae58cb56 100644
--- a/lib/db/upgrade.php
+++ b/lib/db/upgrade.php
@@ -3402,5 +3402,19 @@ function xmldb_main_upgrade($oldversion) {
         upgrade_main_savepoint(true, 2019062900.00);
     }
 
+    if ($oldversion < 2019070400.01) {
+
+        $basecolors = ['#81ecec', '#74b9ff', '#a29bfe', '#dfe6e9', '#00b894',
+            '#0984e3', '#b2bec3', '#fdcb6e', '#fd79a8', '#6c5ce7'];
+
+        $colornr = 1;
+        foreach ($basecolors as $color) {
+            set_config('coursecolor' .  $colornr, $color, 'core_admin');
+            $colornr++;
+        }
+
+        upgrade_main_savepoint(true, 2019070400.01);
+    }
+
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/lib/outputrenderers.php b/lib/outputrenderers.php
index 3328e4cdb1d..fc94f17d7b6 100644
--- a/lib/outputrenderers.php
+++ b/lib/outputrenderers.php
@@ -1570,9 +1570,11 @@ class core_renderer extends renderer_base {
      * @return string hex color code.
      */
     public function get_generated_color_for_id($id) {
-        // The colour palette is hardcoded for now. It would make sense to combine it with theme settings.
-        $basecolors = ['#81ecec', '#74b9ff', '#a29bfe', '#dfe6e9', '#00b894',
-            '#0984e3', '#b2bec3', '#fdcb6e', '#fd79a8', '#6c5ce7'];
+        $colornumbers = range(1, 10);
+        $basecolors = [];
+        foreach ($colornumbers as $number) {
+            $basecolors[] = get_config('core_admin', 'coursecolor' . $number);
+        }
 
         $color = $basecolors[$id % 10];
         return $color;
diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
index b111fac9855..0a1f3e267c5 100644
--- a/version.php
+++ b/version.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 
-$version  = 2019071200.00;              // YYYYMMDD      = weekly release date of this DEV branch.
+$version  = 2019071200.01;              // YYYYMMDD      = weekly release date of this DEV branch.
                                         //         RR    = release increments - 00 in DEV branches.
                                         //           .XX = incremental changes.