diff --git a/build/vega-lite-schema.json b/build/vega-lite-schema.json
index 465e8258dc0..1615f70b26a 100644
--- a/build/vega-lite-schema.json
+++ b/build/vega-lite-schema.json
@@ -21936,7 +21936,7 @@
         "scheme": {
           "anyOf": [
             {
-              "type": "string"
+              "$ref": "#/definitions/ColorScheme"
             },
             {
               "$ref": "#/definitions/SchemeParams"
@@ -22492,8 +22492,8 @@
           "type": "array"
         },
         "name": {
-          "description": "A color scheme name for ordinal scales (e.g., `\"category10\"` or `\"blues\"`).\n\nFor the full list of supported schemes, please refer to the [Vega Scheme](https://vega.github.io/vega/docs/schemes/#reference) reference.",
-          "type": "string"
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/ColorScheme",
+          "description": "A color scheme name for ordinal scales (e.g., `\"category10\"` or `\"blues\"`).\n\nFor the full list of supported schemes, please refer to the [Vega Scheme](https://vega.github.io/vega/docs/schemes/#reference) reference."
         }
       },
       "required": [
diff --git a/src/scale.ts b/src/scale.ts
index f97938c099c..395cf47783f 100644
--- a/src/scale.ts
+++ b/src/scale.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   TimeIntervalStep
 } from 'vega';
 import {isString} from 'vega-util';
+import type {ColorScheme} from 'vega-typings';
 import * as CHANNEL from './channel';
 import {Channel, isColorChannel} from './channel';
 import {DateTime} from './datetime';
@@ -458,7 +459,7 @@ export interface SchemeParams {
    *
    * For the full list of supported schemes, please refer to the [Vega Scheme](https://vega.github.io/vega/docs/schemes/#reference) reference.
    */
-  name: string | SignalRef;
+  name: ColorScheme | SignalRef;
 
   /**
    * The extent of the color range to use. For example `[0.2, 1]` will rescale the color scheme such that color values in the range _[0, 0.2)_ are excluded from the scheme.
@@ -610,7 +611,7 @@ export interface Scale<ES extends ExprRef | SignalRef = ExprRef | SignalRef> {
    *
    * For the full list of supported schemes, please refer to the [Vega Scheme](https://vega.github.io/vega/docs/schemes/#reference) reference.
    */
-  scheme?: string | SchemeParams | ES;
+  scheme?: ColorScheme | SchemeParams | ES;
 
   /**
    * The alignment of the steps within the scale range.
diff --git a/test/compile/scale/range.test.ts b/test/compile/scale/range.test.ts
index a46dc1ce076..ed31590a8df 100644
--- a/test/compile/scale/range.test.ts
+++ b/test/compile/scale/range.test.ts
@@ -349,11 +349,11 @@ describe('compile/scale', () => {
         const model = parseUnitModelWithScaleExceptRange({
           mark: 'point',
           encoding: {
-            color: {field: 'x', type: 'quantitative', scale: {scheme: {name: 'warm', extent: [0.2, 1]}}}
+            color: {field: 'x', type: 'quantitative', scale: {scheme: {name: 'warmgreys', extent: [0.2, 1]}}}
           }
         });
 
-        expect(parseRangeForChannel('color', model)).toEqual(makeExplicit({scheme: 'warm', extent: [0.2, 1]}));
+        expect(parseRangeForChannel('color', model)).toEqual(makeExplicit({scheme: 'warmgreys', extent: [0.2, 1]}));
       });
 
       it('should support custom range.', () => {