function Palette()
%% Initialize global constants for color palette
global palette
palette.backgroundColor = [0.941, 0.941, 0.941];
palette.validColor = [1, 1, 1];
palette.invalidColor = [1, 0.5, 0.5];
palette.tableValidColor = [1, 1, 1; ... % odd rows
0.8, 0.9, 1]; % even rows
palette.tableInvalidColor = [1, 0.5, 0.5;
0.8, 0.4, 0.5];
palette.stripColor = [0.5, 0.5, 0.5];
end