diff --git a/web/components/answers/answers-panel.tsx b/web/components/answers/answers-panel.tsx
index 6b35f74e..a665a921 100644
--- a/web/components/answers/answers-panel.tsx
+++ b/web/components/answers/answers-panel.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { Linkify } from 'web/components/linkify'
 import { Button } from 'web/components/button'
 import { useAdmin } from 'web/hooks/use-admin'
 import { needsAdminToResolve } from 'web/pages/[username]/[contractSlug]'
-import { CATEGORY_COLORS } from '../charts/contract/choice'
+import { CHOICE_ANSWER_COLORS } from '../charts/contract/choice'
 import { useChartAnswers } from '../charts/contract/choice'
 
 export function AnswersPanel(props: {
@@ -190,7 +190,10 @@ function OpenAnswer(props: {
   const probPercent = formatPercent(prob)
   const [open, setOpen] = useState(false)
   const color =
-    colorIndex != undefined ? CATEGORY_COLORS[colorIndex] : '#B1B1C7'
+    colorIndex != undefined && colorIndex < CHOICE_ANSWER_COLORS.length
+      ? CHOICE_ANSWER_COLORS[colorIndex] + '55' // semi-transparent
+      : '#B1B1C755'
+  const colorWidth = 100 * Math.max(prob, 0.01)
 
   return (
     <Col className="my-1 px-2">
@@ -206,9 +209,12 @@ function OpenAnswer(props: {
 
       <Col
         className={clsx(
-          'bg-greyscale-1 relative w-full rounded-lg transition-all',
+          'relative w-full rounded-lg transition-all',
           tradingAllowed(contract) ? 'text-greyscale-7' : 'text-greyscale-5'
         )}
+        style={{
+          background: `linear-gradient(to right, ${color} ${colorWidth}%, #FBFBFF ${colorWidth}%)`,
+        }}
       >
         <Row className="z-20 -mb-1 justify-between gap-2 py-2 px-3">
           <Row>
@@ -236,11 +242,6 @@ function OpenAnswer(props: {
             )}
           </Row>
         </Row>
-        <hr
-          color={color}
-          className="absolute z-0 h-full w-full rounded-l-lg border-none opacity-30"
-          style={{ width: `${100 * Math.max(prob, 0.01)}%` }}
-        />
       </Col>
     </Col>
   )
diff --git a/web/components/charts/contract/choice.tsx b/web/components/charts/contract/choice.tsx
index 0355b4b5..31ca9b47 100644
--- a/web/components/charts/contract/choice.tsx
+++ b/web/components/charts/contract/choice.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
-import { last, sum, sortBy, groupBy } from 'lodash'
+import { last, range, sum, sortBy, groupBy } from 'lodash'
 import { scaleTime, scaleLinear } from 'd3-scale'
 import { curveStepAfter } from 'd3-shape'
 
@@ -19,83 +19,36 @@ import { MultiPoint, MultiValueHistoryChart } from '../generic-charts'
 import { Row } from 'web/components/layout/row'
 import { Avatar } from 'web/components/avatar'
 
-export const CATEGORY_COLORS = [
-  '#7eb0d5',
-  '#fd7f6f',
-  '#b2e061',
-  '#bd7ebe',
-  '#ffb55a',
-  '#ffee65',
-  '#beb9db',
-  '#fdcce5',
-  '#8bd3c7',
-  '#bddfb7',
-  '#e2e3f3',
-  '#fafafa',
-  '#9fcdeb',
-  '#d3d3d3',
-  '#b1a296',
-  '#e1bdb6',
-  '#f2dbc0',
-  '#fae5d3',
-  '#c5e0ec',
-  '#e0f0ff',
-  '#ffddcd',
-  '#fbd5e2',
-  '#f2e7e5',
-  '#ffe7ba',
-  '#eed9c4',
-  '#ea9999',
-  '#f9cb9c',
-  '#ffe599',
-  '#b6d7a8',
-  '#a2c4c9',
-  '#9fc5e8',
-  '#b4a7d6',
-  '#d5a6bd',
-  '#e06666',
-  '#f6b26b',
-  '#ffd966',
-  '#93c47d',
-  '#76a5af',
-  '#6fa8dc',
-  '#8e7cc3',
-  '#c27ba0',
-  '#cc0000',
-  '#e69138',
-  '#f1c232',
-  '#6aa84f',
-  '#45818e',
-  '#3d85c6',
-  '#674ea7',
-  '#a64d79',
-  '#990000',
-  '#b45f06',
-  '#bf9000',
+type ChoiceContract = FreeResponseContract | MultipleChoiceContract
+
+export const CHOICE_ANSWER_COLORS = [
+  '#97C1EB',
+  '#F39F83',
+  '#F9EBA5',
+  '#FFC7D2',
+  '#C7ECFF',
+  '#8CDEC7',
+  '#DBE96F',
 ]
+export const CHOICE_OTHER_COLOR = '#CCC'
+export const CHOICE_ALL_COLORS = [...CHOICE_ANSWER_COLORS, CHOICE_OTHER_COLOR]
 
 const MARGIN = { top: 20, right: 10, bottom: 20, left: 40 }
 const MARGIN_X = MARGIN.left + MARGIN.right
 const MARGIN_Y = MARGIN.top + MARGIN.bottom
 
-const getTrackedAnswers = (
-  contract: FreeResponseContract | MultipleChoiceContract,
-  topN: number
-) => {
-  const { answers, outcomeType, totalBets } = contract
-  const validAnswers = answers.filter((answer) => {
-    return (
-      (answer.id !== '0' || outcomeType === 'MULTIPLE_CHOICE') &&
-      totalBets[answer.id] > 0.000000001
-    )
-  })
+const getAnswers = (contract: ChoiceContract) => {
+  const { answers, outcomeType } = contract
+  const validAnswers = answers.filter(
+    (answer) => answer.id !== '0' || outcomeType === 'MULTIPLE_CHOICE'
+  )
   return sortBy(
     validAnswers,
     (answer) => -1 * getOutcomeProbability(contract, answer.id)
-  ).slice(0, topN)
+  )
 }
 
-const getBetPoints = (answers: Answer[], bets: Bet[]) => {
+const getBetPoints = (answers: Answer[], bets: Bet[], topN?: number) => {
   const sortedBets = sortBy(bets, (b) => b.createdTime)
   const betsByOutcome = groupBy(sortedBets, (bet) => bet.outcome)
   const sharesByOutcome = Object.fromEntries(
@@ -109,11 +62,14 @@ const getBetPoints = (answers: Answer[], bets: Bet[]) => {
     const sharesSquared = sum(
       Object.values(sharesByOutcome).map((shares) => shares ** 2)
     )
-    points.push({
-      x: new Date(bet.createdTime),
-      y: answers.map((a) => sharesByOutcome[a.id] ** 2 / sharesSquared),
-      obj: bet,
-    })
+    const probs = answers.map((a) => sharesByOutcome[a.id] ** 2 / sharesSquared)
+
+    if (topN != null && answers.length > topN) {
+      const y = [...probs.slice(0, topN), sum(probs.slice(topN))]
+      points.push({ x: new Date(bet.createdTime), y, obj: bet })
+    } else {
+      points.push({ x: new Date(bet.createdTime), y: probs, obj: bet })
+    }
   }
   return points
 }
@@ -141,17 +97,12 @@ const Legend = (props: { className?: string; items: LegendItem[] }) => {
   )
 }
 
-export function useChartAnswers(
-  contract: FreeResponseContract | MultipleChoiceContract
-) {
-  return useMemo(
-    () => getTrackedAnswers(contract, CATEGORY_COLORS.length),
-    [contract]
-  )
+export function useChartAnswers(contract: ChoiceContract) {
+  return useMemo(() => getAnswers(contract), [contract])
 }
 
 export const ChoiceContractChart = (props: {
-  contract: FreeResponseContract | MultipleChoiceContract
+  contract: ChoiceContract
   bets: Bet[]
   width: number
   height: number
@@ -160,18 +111,33 @@ export const ChoiceContractChart = (props: {
   const { contract, bets, width, height, onMouseOver } = props
   const [start, end] = getDateRange(contract)
   const answers = useChartAnswers(contract)
-  const betPoints = useMemo(() => getBetPoints(answers, bets), [answers, bets])
-  const data = useMemo(
-    () => [
-      { x: new Date(start), y: answers.map((_) => 0) },
+  const topN = Math.min(CHOICE_ANSWER_COLORS.length, answers.length)
+  const betPoints = useMemo(
+    () => getBetPoints(answers, bets, topN),
+    [answers, bets, topN]
+  )
+  const endProbs = useMemo(
+    () => answers.map((a) => getOutcomeProbability(contract, a.id)),
+    [answers, contract]
+  )
+
+  const data = useMemo(() => {
+    const yCount = answers.length > topN ? topN + 1 : topN
+    const startY = range(0, yCount).map((_) => 0)
+    const endY =
+      answers.length > topN
+        ? [...endProbs.slice(0, topN), sum(endProbs.slice(topN))]
+        : endProbs
+    return [
+      { x: new Date(start), y: startY },
       ...betPoints,
       {
         x: new Date(end ?? Date.now() + DAY_MS),
-        y: answers.map((a) => getOutcomeProbability(contract, a.id)),
+        y: endY,
       },
-    ],
-    [answers, contract, betPoints, start, end]
-  )
+    ]
+  }, [answers.length, topN, betPoints, endProbs, start, end])
+
   const rightmostDate = getRightmostVisibleDate(
     end,
     last(betPoints)?.x?.getTime(),
@@ -188,8 +154,8 @@ export const ChoiceContractChart = (props: {
       const d = xScale.invert(x)
       const legendItems = sortBy(
         data.y.map((p, i) => ({
-          color: CATEGORY_COLORS[i],
-          label: answers[i].text,
+          color: CHOICE_ALL_COLORS[i],
+          label: i === CHOICE_ANSWER_COLORS.length ? 'Other' : answers[i].text,
           value: formatPct(p),
           p,
         })),
@@ -221,7 +187,7 @@ export const ChoiceContractChart = (props: {
       yScale={yScale}
       yKind="percent"
       data={data}
-      colors={CATEGORY_COLORS}
+      colors={CHOICE_ALL_COLORS}
       curve={curveStepAfter}
       onMouseOver={onMouseOver}
       Tooltip={ChoiceTooltip}