diff --git a/default.latex b/default.latex
index b001ccf00..5ea656054 100644
--- a/default.latex
+++ b/default.latex
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ $endif$
             pdfsubject={$subtitle$},$endif$$if(keywords)$
             pdfkeywords={$keywords$},$endif$
             colorlinks=true,
-            citecolor=$if(citecolor)$$citecolor$$else$blue$endif$,
-            urlcolor=$if(urlcolor)$$urlcolor$$else$blue$endif$,
-            linkcolor=$if(linkcolor)$$linkcolor$$else$magenta$endif$,
+            citecolor=$if(citecolor)$$citecolor$$else$black$endif$,
+            urlcolor=$if(urlcolor)$$urlcolor$$else$black$endif$,
+            linkcolor=$if(linkcolor)$$linkcolor$$else$black$endif$,
             pdfborder={0 0 0}$if(hidelinks)$,
             hidelinks$endif$}
 \urlstyle{same}  % don't use monospace font for urls