diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 40ee529..56b2a47 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file, following t
 
 -   Support for `Heatmap.createEmpty()` and setting data later
 -   Can manipulate markers via `hm.extensions.marker?.drawMarkers({...})`
+-   Default coloring is "everything gray", even for numeric values
 
 ## [0.9.0] - 2024-04-29
 
diff --git a/src/heatmap-component/extensions/draw.ts b/src/heatmap-component/extensions/draw.ts
index 52f37c3..212330b 100644
--- a/src/heatmap-component/extensions/draw.ts
+++ b/src/heatmap-component/extensions/draw.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { clamp, isNil } from 'lodash';
 import { Array2D } from '../data/array2d';
-import { Color, createColorScale } from '../data/color';
+import { Color } from '../data/color';
 import { Downsampler } from '../data/downsampling';
 import { Image } from '../data/image';
 import { HeatmapExtension, HeatmapBehaviorBase } from '../extension';
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { Provider } from '../data/data-description';
 
 const DefaultColor = Color.fromString('#888888');
 export const DefaultColorProvider = () => DefaultColor;
-export const DefaultNumericColorProviderFactory = (min: number, max: number) => createColorScale('YlOrRd', [min, max]);
 
 
 export interface VisualParams {
diff --git a/src/heatmap-component/heatmap.ts b/src/heatmap-component/heatmap.ts
index 254c285..bccd4ee 100644
--- a/src/heatmap-component/heatmap.ts
+++ b/src/heatmap-component/heatmap.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import { Array2D } from './data/array2d';
 import { Color } from './data/color';
 import { DataDescription, Provider } from './data/data-description';
 import { Behavior } from './extension';
-import { DefaultNumericColorProviderFactory, DrawExtension, DrawExtensionParams, VisualParams } from './extensions/draw';
+import { DrawExtension, DrawExtensionParams, VisualParams } from './extensions/draw';
 import { MarkerBehavior, MarkerExtension } from './extensions/marker';
 import { DefaultTooltipExtensionParams, TooltipExtension, TooltipExtensionParams } from './extensions/tooltip';
 import { ZoomExtension, ZoomExtensionParams } from './extensions/zoom';
@@ -34,14 +33,9 @@ export class Heatmap<TX, TY, TItem> extends HeatmapCore<TX, TY, TItem> {
     static create<TX, TY, TItem>(data: DataDescription<TX, TY, TItem>): Heatmap<TX, TY, TItem> {
         const heatmap = new this(data);
 
-        let colorProvider: Provider<TX, TY, TItem, Color> | undefined = undefined;
-        if (heatmap.state.dataArray.isNumeric) {
-            const dataRange = Array2D.getRange(heatmap.state.dataArray as Array2D<number>);
-            colorProvider = DefaultNumericColorProviderFactory(dataRange.min, dataRange.max) as Provider<TX, TY, TItem, Color>;
-        }
         heatmap.extensions.marker = heatmap.registerExtension(MarkerExtension) as MarkerBehavior;
         heatmap.extensions.tooltip = heatmap.registerExtension(TooltipExtension);
-        heatmap.extensions.draw = heatmap.registerExtension(DrawExtension, { colorProvider });
+        heatmap.extensions.draw = heatmap.registerExtension(DrawExtension);
         heatmap.extensions.zoom = heatmap.registerExtension(ZoomExtension);
 
         return heatmap;