diff --git a/R/tmap_palettes.R b/R/tmap_palettes.R
index 69e754ff..ff929188 100644
--- a/R/tmap_palettes.R
+++ b/R/tmap_palettes.R
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 getPal = function(name, n = NA, rep = TRUE, range = NA) {
+	if (name %in% c("cat", "seq", "div")) {
+		name = cols4all::c4a_options("defaults")$defaults[[name]]
+	}
 	cols4all::c4a(name, n = n, nm_invalid = {if (rep) "repeat" else "interpolate"}, range = range)
 }