diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Drawing/Color/ColorScheme.Colors.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Drawing/Color/ColorScheme.Colors.cs
index ca14a4986..5c3bc6dba 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Drawing/Color/ColorScheme.Colors.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Drawing/Color/ColorScheme.Colors.cs
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui;
 /// </summary>
 public sealed class Colors : INotifyCollectionChanged, IDictionary<string, ColorScheme?>
 {
+    private static readonly object _lock = new object ();
+
     static Colors ()
     {
-        ColorSchemes = new (5, StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
+        ColorSchemes = new Dictionary<string, ColorScheme?> (5, StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
         Reset ();
     }
 
@@ -66,111 +68,195 @@ public sealed class Colors : INotifyCollectionChanged, IDictionary<string, Color
     [UsedImplicitly]
     public static Dictionary<string, ColorScheme?> ColorSchemes { get; private set; }
 
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public IEnumerator<KeyValuePair<string, ColorScheme?>> GetEnumerator () { return ColorSchemes.GetEnumerator (); }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator () { return GetEnumerator (); }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public void Add (KeyValuePair<string, ColorScheme?> item)
-    {
-        ColorSchemes.Add (item.Key, item.Value);
-        CollectionChanged?.Invoke (this, new (NotifyCollectionChangedAction.Add, item));
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public void Clear ()
-    {
-        ColorSchemes.Clear ();
-        CollectionChanged?.Invoke (this, new (NotifyCollectionChangedAction.Reset));
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public bool Contains (KeyValuePair<string, ColorScheme?> item) { return ColorSchemes.Contains (item); }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public void CopyTo (KeyValuePair<string, ColorScheme?> [] array, int arrayIndex) { ((ICollection)ColorSchemes).CopyTo (array, arrayIndex); }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public bool Remove (KeyValuePair<string, ColorScheme?> item)
-    {
-        if (ColorSchemes.Remove (item.Key))
-        {
-            CollectionChanged?.Invoke (this, new (NotifyCollectionChangedAction.Remove, item));
-
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public int Count => ColorSchemes.Count;
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public bool IsReadOnly => false;
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public void Add (string key, ColorScheme? value) { Add (new (key, value)); }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public bool ContainsKey (string key) { return ColorSchemes.ContainsKey (key); }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public bool Remove (string key)
-    {
-        if (ColorSchemes.Remove (key))
-        {
-            CollectionChanged?.Invoke (this, new (NotifyCollectionChangedAction.Remove, key));
-
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public bool TryGetValue (string key, out ColorScheme? value) { return ColorSchemes.TryGetValue (key, out value); }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public ColorScheme? this [string key]
-    {
-        get => ColorSchemes [key];
-        set
-        {
-            if (ColorSchemes.TryAdd (key, value))
-            {
-                CollectionChanged?.Invoke (this, new (NotifyCollectionChangedAction.Add, new KeyValuePair<string, ColorScheme?> (key, value)));
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                ColorScheme? oldValue = ColorSchemes [key];
-                ColorSchemes [key] = value;
-                CollectionChanged?.Invoke (this, new (NotifyCollectionChangedAction.Replace, value, oldValue));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public ICollection<string> Keys => ColorSchemes.Keys;
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public ICollection<ColorScheme?> Values => ColorSchemes.Values;
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Raised when the collection changes.
+    /// </summary>
     public event NotifyCollectionChangedEventHandler? CollectionChanged;
 
-    /// <summary>Resets the <see cref="ColorSchemes"/> dictionary to the default values.</summary>
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public ColorScheme? this [string key]
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            lock (_lock)
+            {
+                return ColorSchemes [key];
+            }
+        }
+        set
+        {
+            lock (_lock)
+            {
+                if (ColorSchemes.ContainsKey (key))
+                {
+                    ColorScheme? oldValue = ColorSchemes [key];
+                    ColorSchemes [key] = value;
+                    CollectionChanged?.Invoke (this, new NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs (NotifyCollectionChangedAction.Replace, value, oldValue));
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    ColorSchemes.Add (key, value);
+                    CollectionChanged?.Invoke (this, new NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs (NotifyCollectionChangedAction.Add, new KeyValuePair<string, ColorScheme?> (key, value)));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public int Count
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            lock (_lock)
+            {
+                return ColorSchemes.Count;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public bool IsReadOnly => false;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public ICollection<string> Keys
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            lock (_lock)
+            {
+                return new List<string> (ColorSchemes.Keys);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public ICollection<ColorScheme?> Values
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            lock (_lock)
+            {
+                return new List<ColorScheme?> (ColorSchemes.Values);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public void Add (KeyValuePair<string, ColorScheme?> item)
+    {
+        lock (_lock)
+        {
+            ColorSchemes.Add (item.Key, item.Value);
+            CollectionChanged?.Invoke (this, new NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs (NotifyCollectionChangedAction.Add, item));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public void Add (string key, ColorScheme? value)
+    {
+        Add (new KeyValuePair<string, ColorScheme?> (key, value));
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public void Clear ()
+    {
+        lock (_lock)
+        {
+            ColorSchemes.Clear ();
+            CollectionChanged?.Invoke (this, new NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs (NotifyCollectionChangedAction.Reset));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public bool Contains (KeyValuePair<string, ColorScheme?> item)
+    {
+        lock (_lock)
+        {
+            return ColorSchemes.Contains (item);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public bool ContainsKey (string key)
+    {
+        lock (_lock)
+        {
+            return ColorSchemes.ContainsKey (key);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void CopyTo (KeyValuePair<string, ColorScheme?> [] array, int arrayIndex)
+    {
+        lock (_lock)
+        {
+            ((ICollection)ColorSchemes).CopyTo (array, arrayIndex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public IEnumerator<KeyValuePair<string, ColorScheme?>> GetEnumerator ()
+    {
+        lock (_lock)
+        {
+            return new List<KeyValuePair<string, ColorScheme?>> (ColorSchemes).GetEnumerator ();
+        }
+    }
+
+    IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator ()
+    {
+        return GetEnumerator ();
+    }
+
+    public bool Remove (KeyValuePair<string, ColorScheme?> item)
+    {
+        lock (_lock)
+        {
+            if (ColorSchemes.Remove (item.Key))
+            {
+                CollectionChanged?.Invoke (this, new NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs (NotifyCollectionChangedAction.Remove, item));
+                return true;
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public bool Remove (string key)
+    {
+        lock (_lock)
+        {
+            if (ColorSchemes.Remove (key))
+            {
+                CollectionChanged?.Invoke (this, new NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs (NotifyCollectionChangedAction.Remove, key));
+                return true;
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public bool TryGetValue (string key, out ColorScheme? value)
+    {
+        lock (_lock)
+        {
+            return ColorSchemes.TryGetValue (key, out value);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Resets the <see cref="ColorSchemes"/> dictionary to its default values.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <returns></returns>
     public static Dictionary<string, ColorScheme?> Reset ()
     {
-        ColorSchemes.Clear ();
-        ColorSchemes.Add ("TopLevel", new ());
-        ColorSchemes.Add ("Base", new ());
-        ColorSchemes.Add ("Dialog", new ());
-        ColorSchemes.Add ("Menu", new ());
-        ColorSchemes.Add ("Error", new ());
-
-        return ColorSchemes;
+        lock (_lock)
+        {
+            ColorSchemes.Clear ();
+            ColorSchemes.Add ("TopLevel", new ColorScheme ());
+            ColorSchemes.Add ("Base", new ColorScheme ());
+            ColorSchemes.Add ("Dialog", new ColorScheme ());
+            ColorSchemes.Add ("Menu", new ColorScheme ());
+            ColorSchemes.Add ("Error", new ColorScheme ());
+            return ColorSchemes;
+        }
     }
-}
+}
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