diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/difficulty_levels_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/difficulty_levels_controller.rb
index 7056507d..1579bf0f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/difficulty_levels_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/difficulty_levels_controller.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module Admin
     def edit; end
 
     def new
-      @difficulty_level = @conference.program.difficulty_levels.new
+      @difficulty_level = @conference.program.difficulty_levels.new(color: @conference.next_color_for_collection(:levels))
     end
 
     def create
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/event_types_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/event_types_controller.rb
index b8b81148..d1e4af7f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/event_types_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/event_types_controller.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module Admin
     def edit; end
 
     def new
-      @event_type = @conference.program.event_types.new
+      @event_type = @conference.program.event_types.new(color: @conference.next_color_for_collection(:types))
     end
 
     def create
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/tracks_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/tracks_controller.rb
index b7cbf8ec..643350f9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/tracks_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/tracks_controller.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module Admin
     end
 
     def new
-      @track = @program.tracks.new
+      @track = @program.tracks.new(color: @conference.next_color_for_collection(:tracks))
     end
 
     def create
diff --git a/app/models/conference.rb b/app/models/conference.rb
index bf697909..149504d5 100644
--- a/app/models/conference.rb
+++ b/app/models/conference.rb
@@ -595,6 +595,20 @@ class Conference < ActiveRecord::Base
     registration_limit > 0 && registrations.count >= registration_limit
   end
 
+  # Returns an hexadecimal color given a collection. The returned color changed
+  # when the number of element in the collection changes and for consecutive
+  # number of elements it returns highly different colors.
+  def next_color_for_collection(collection)
+    # we have different start indices for every collection to generate a
+    # different color for every of them.
+    start_index = {
+      tracks: (program.tracks.count + 1),
+      levels: (program.difficulty_levels.count + 51),
+      types: (program.event_types.count + 101)
+    }
+    next_color(start_index[collection])
+  end
+
   private
 
   # Returns a different html colour for every i and consecutive colors are
diff --git a/app/models/difficulty_level.rb b/app/models/difficulty_level.rb
index b544c8d6..821e388e 100644
--- a/app/models/difficulty_level.rb
+++ b/app/models/difficulty_level.rb
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ class DifficultyLevel < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :events, dependent: :nullify
 
   validates :title, presence: true
+  validates :color, format: /\A#[0-9a-fA-F]{6}\z/
 end
diff --git a/app/models/event_type.rb b/app/models/event_type.rb
index 96d988cc..4c21f886 100644
--- a/app/models/event_type.rb
+++ b/app/models/event_type.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class EventType < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates :minimum_abstract_length, presence: true
   validates :maximum_abstract_length, presence: true
   validate :length_step
+  validates :color, format: /\A#[0-9a-fA-F]{6}\z/
 
   alias_attribute :name, :title
 
diff --git a/app/models/track.rb b/app/models/track.rb
index de4ead80..4f428f8b 100644
--- a/app/models/track.rb
+++ b/app/models/track.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class Track < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   before_create :generate_guid
   validates :name, presence: true
+  validates :color, format: /\A#[0-9a-fA-F]{6}\z/
 
   private
 
diff --git a/spec/factories/event_types.rb b/spec/factories/event_types.rb
index 3b616fa9..5686254d 100644
--- a/spec/factories/event_types.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/event_types.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
     length 30
     minimum_abstract_length 0
     maximum_abstract_length 500
+    color '#ffffff'
     program
   end