diff --git a/include/quo-vadis-pthread.h b/include/quo-vadis-pthread.h
index a54399d..98db0b8 100644
--- a/include/quo-vadis-pthread.h
+++ b/include/quo-vadis-pthread.h
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ extern "C" {
 /**
  * Mapping policies types.
  */
+// Intel policies (KMP_AFFINITY) are :
+// - disabled: prevents the runtime library from making any affinity-related
+//             system calls (to avoid interference with other platform affinity mechanisms).
+// - compact: threads are placed as close together as possible.
+// - scatter: threads are distributed as evenly as possible across the entire system.
+//            (opposite of compact).
+// - explicit: threads are placed according to a list of OS proc IDs (required)
 typedef enum qv_policy_s {
   QV_POLICY_PACKED     = 1,
   QV_POLICY_COMPACT    = 1,
@@ -88,7 +95,9 @@ int
 qv_pthread_colors_fill(
     int *color_array,
     int array_size,
-    qv_policy_t policy
+    qv_policy_t policy,
+    int stride,
+    int npieces
 );
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/src/quo-vadis-pthread.cc b/src/quo-vadis-pthread.cc
index 4ca1e59..a7a288f 100644
--- a/src/quo-vadis-pthread.cc
+++ b/src/quo-vadis-pthread.cc
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "qvi-scope.h"
 #include "qvi-utils.h"
 
+
 struct qvi_pthread_args_s {
     qv_scope_t *scope = nullptr;
     qvi_pthread_routine_fun_ptr_t th_routine = nullptr;
@@ -137,12 +138,50 @@ qv_pthread_scopes_free(
 
 int
 qv_pthread_colors_fill(
-   int *,//color_array,
-   int, // array_size,
-   qv_policy_t //policy
+   int *color_array,
+   int array_size,
+   qv_policy_t policy,
+   int stride,
+   int npieces
 ){
-    //TODO(GM) implement
-    return QV_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+    int rc = QV_SUCCESS;
+
+    switch(policy){
+    case QV_POLICY_SPREAD:
+        {
+            break;
+        }
+
+    case QV_POLICY_DISTRIBUTE:
+    //case QV_POLICY_ALTERNATE:
+    //case QV_POLICY_CORESFIRST:
+        {
+            break;
+        }
+
+    case QV_POLICY_SCATTER:
+        {
+            break;
+        }
+
+    case QV_POLICY_CHOOSE:
+        {
+            break;
+        }
+
+    case QV_POLICY_PACKED:
+    //case QV_POLICY_COMPACT:
+    //case QV_POLICY_CLOSE:
+    default:
+        {
+            for(int idx = 0 ; idx < array_size ; idx++){
+                color_array[idx] = (idx+idx*(stride-1))%(npieces);
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return rc;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/tests/test-pthread-split.c b/tests/test-pthread-split.c
index 0625ab4..a512fb5 100644
--- a/tests/test-pthread-split.c
+++ b/tests/test-pthread-split.c
@@ -104,10 +104,17 @@ main(void)
     fprintf(stdout,"[%d] ====== Testing thread_scope_split (number of threads : %i)\n", tid, nthreads);
 
     int colors[nthreads];
+
+    /*
     for (int i = 0 ; i < nthreads ; i++) {
         colors[i] = i % npieces;
     }
-
+    */
+    rc = qv_pthread_colors_fill(colors, nthreads, QV_POLICY_PACKED, 1, npieces);
+    if (rc != QV_SUCCESS) {
+        ers = "qv_pthread_colors_fill() failed";
+        qvi_test_panic("%s (rc=%s)", ers, qv_strerr(rc));
+    }
 
     qv_scope_t **th_scopes = NULL;
     rc = qv_pthread_scope_split(
@@ -159,9 +166,16 @@ main(void)
     fprintf(stdout,"[%d] ====== Testing thread_scope_split_at (number of threads : %i)\n", tid, nthreads);
 
     int colors2[nthreads];
+    /*
     for (int i = 0 ; i < nthreads ; i++) {
         colors2[i] = i % ncores;
     }
+    */
+    rc = qv_pthread_colors_fill(colors2, nthreads, QV_POLICY_PACKED, 1, ncores);
+    if (rc != QV_SUCCESS) {
+        ers = "qv_pthread_colors_fill() failed";
+        qvi_test_panic("%s (rc=%s)", ers, qv_strerr(rc));
+    }
 
     rc = qv_pthread_scope_split_at(
         mpi_scope, QV_HW_OBJ_CORE, colors2, nthreads, &th_scopes