diff --git a/Sources/DotNetGraph.Tests/DefaultStylesGraphTests.cs b/Sources/DotNetGraph.Tests/DefaultStylesGraphTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b823ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/DotNetGraph.Tests/DefaultStylesGraphTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+using System.Drawing;
+using DotNetGraph.Extensions;
+using DotNetGraph.Node;
+using NFluent;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace DotNetGraph.Tests
+{
+    public class DefaultStylesGraphTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void NullNodeDefaultStyle()
+        {
+            var graph = new DotGraph("TestGraph")
+                .WithDefaultNodeStyleLayout(null)
+                .AddNode("TestNode");
+
+            var compiled = graph.Compile();
+
+            Check.That(compiled).HasSameValueAs("graph TestGraph { TestNode ; }");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DefaultColorNodeDefaultStyle()
+        {
+            var graph = new DotGraph("TestGraph")
+                .WithDefaultNodeStyleLayout(new DotNodeStyleLayout
+                {
+                    Color = Color.Red
+                })
+                .AddNode("TestNode");
+
+            var compiled = graph.Compile();
+
+            Check.That(compiled).HasSameValueAs("graph TestGraph { TestNode [color=\"#FF0000\"]; }");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CompleteNodeDefaultStyle()
+        {
+            var graph = new DotGraph("TestGraph")
+                .WithDefaultNodeStyleLayout(new DotNodeStyleLayout
+                {
+                    Color = Color.Red,
+                    Height = 0.64f,
+                    Shape = DotNodeShape.Box,
+                    Style = DotNodeStyle.Dashed,
+                    FillColor = Color.Blue,
+                    FontColor = Color.Yellow
+                })
+                .AddNode("TestNode");
+
+            var compiled = graph.Compile();
+
+            Check.That(compiled).HasSameValueAs("graph TestGraph { TestNode [color=\"#FF0000\",height=0.64,shape=box,style=dashed,fillcolor=\"#0000FF\",fontcolor=\"#FFFF00\"]; }");
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Sources/DotNetGraph.Tests/Node/BasicNodeTests.cs b/Sources/DotNetGraph.Tests/Node/BasicNodeTests.cs
index 9210dd9..74052b2 100644
--- a/Sources/DotNetGraph.Tests/Node/BasicNodeTests.cs
+++ b/Sources/DotNetGraph.Tests/Node/BasicNodeTests.cs
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ public void NodeWithColor()
             {
                 Elements =
                 {
-                    new DotNode("TestNode", Color.Red)
+                    new DotNode("TestNode")
+                    {
+                        Color = Color.Red
+                    }
                 }
             };
 
diff --git a/Sources/DotNetGraph/Compiler/DotCompiler.cs b/Sources/DotNetGraph/Compiler/DotCompiler.cs
index be0a2d6..cf49bbe 100644
--- a/Sources/DotNetGraph/Compiler/DotCompiler.cs
+++ b/Sources/DotNetGraph/Compiler/DotCompiler.cs
@@ -19,8 +19,14 @@ public DotCompiler(DotGraph graph)
             _graph = graph;
         }
         
-        public string Compile()
+        public string Compile(bool applyDefaultStyles = true)
         {
+            if (applyDefaultStyles)
+            {
+                var styleProcessor = new DotStyleProcessor(_graph);
+                styleProcessor.ApplyDefaultLayoutStyles(_graph);
+            }
+            
             var builder = new StringBuilder();
 
             CompileGraph(builder);
diff --git a/Sources/DotNetGraph/Compiler/DotStyleProcessor.cs b/Sources/DotNetGraph/Compiler/DotStyleProcessor.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8efe07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/DotNetGraph/Compiler/DotStyleProcessor.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+using DotNetGraph.Core;
+using DotNetGraph.Node;
+
+namespace DotNetGraph.Compiler
+{
+    public class DotStyleProcessor
+    {
+        private readonly DotGraph _graph;
+
+        public DotStyleProcessor(DotGraph graph)
+        {
+            _graph = graph;
+        }
+
+        public void ApplyDefaultLayoutStyles(IElementWithChildren element)
+        {
+            foreach (var child in element.Elements)
+            {
+                if (child is DotNode dotNodeChild)
+                    dotNodeChild.ApplyStyleLayout(_graph.DefaultNodeStyleLayout);
+
+                if (child is IElementWithChildren childWithChildren)
+                    ApplyDefaultLayoutStyles(childWithChildren);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Sources/DotNetGraph/Core/IElementWithChildren.cs b/Sources/DotNetGraph/Core/IElementWithChildren.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6a1cf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/DotNetGraph/Core/IElementWithChildren.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace DotNetGraph.Core
+{
+    public interface IElementWithChildren
+    {
+        List<IDotElement> Elements { get; }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Sources/DotNetGraph/DotGraph.cs b/Sources/DotNetGraph/DotGraph.cs
index 35c0315..8c448e8 100644
--- a/Sources/DotNetGraph/DotGraph.cs
+++ b/Sources/DotNetGraph/DotGraph.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using DotNetGraph.Core;
+using DotNetGraph.Node;
 
 namespace DotNetGraph
 {
-    public class DotGraph : IDotElement
+    public class DotGraph : IDotElement, IElementWithChildren
     {
         public bool Directed { get; set; }
         
@@ -12,16 +13,26 @@ public class DotGraph : IDotElement
         public bool Strict { get; set; }
         
         public List<IDotElement> Elements { get; }
+        
+        public DotNodeStyleLayout DefaultNodeStyleLayout { get; set; }
 
-        public DotGraph()
+        public DotGraph(string identifier, bool directed = false)
         {
             Elements = new List<IDotElement>();
+            Identifier = identifier;
+            Directed = directed;
         }
 
-        public DotGraph(string identifier, bool directed = false) : this()
+        public DotGraph AddElement(IDotElement element)
         {
-            Identifier = identifier;
-            Directed = directed;
+            Elements.Add(element);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public DotGraph WithDefaultNodeStyleLayout(DotNodeStyleLayout nodeStyleLayout)
+        {
+            DefaultNodeStyleLayout = nodeStyleLayout;
+            return this;
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/Sources/DotNetGraph/Extensions/DotGraphExtensions.cs b/Sources/DotNetGraph/Extensions/DotGraphExtensions.cs
index ef05d63..861820a 100644
--- a/Sources/DotNetGraph/Extensions/DotGraphExtensions.cs
+++ b/Sources/DotNetGraph/Extensions/DotGraphExtensions.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 using DotNetGraph.Compiler;
+using DotNetGraph.Node;
 
 namespace DotNetGraph.Extensions
 {
     public static class DotGraphExtensions
     {
-        public static string Compile(this DotGraph graph)
+        public static string Compile(this DotGraph graph, bool applyDefaultStyles = true)
         {
-            return new DotCompiler(graph).Compile();
+            return new DotCompiler(graph).Compile(applyDefaultStyles);
+        }
+
+        public static DotGraph AddNode(this DotGraph graph, string identifier, DotNodeStyleLayout styleLayout = null)
+        {
+            var node = new DotNode(identifier, styleLayout);
+            return graph.AddElement(node);
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/Sources/DotNetGraph/Node/DotNode.cs b/Sources/DotNetGraph/Node/DotNode.cs
index cc8ebd8..5851ea2 100644
--- a/Sources/DotNetGraph/Node/DotNode.cs
+++ b/Sources/DotNetGraph/Node/DotNode.cs
@@ -49,10 +49,39 @@ public DotNodeHeightAttribute Height
             set => SetAttribute(value);
         }
         
-        public DotNode(string identifier = null, DotColorAttribute color = null)
+        public DotNode(string identifier)
         {
             Identifier = identifier;
-            Color = color;
+        }
+
+        public DotNode(string identifier, DotNodeStyleLayout styleLayout)
+        {
+            Identifier = identifier;
+            ApplyStyleLayout(styleLayout);
+        }
+
+        public void ApplyStyleLayout(DotNodeStyleLayout styleLayout)
+        {
+            if (styleLayout is null)
+                return;
+
+            if (styleLayout.Color != null)
+                Color = styleLayout.Color;
+
+            if (styleLayout.Height != null)
+                Height = styleLayout.Height;
+
+            if (styleLayout.Shape != null)
+                Shape = styleLayout.Shape;
+
+            if (styleLayout.Style != null)
+                Style = styleLayout.Style;
+
+            if (styleLayout.FillColor != null)
+                FillColor = styleLayout.FillColor;
+
+            if (styleLayout.FontColor != null)
+                FontColor = styleLayout.FontColor;
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/Sources/DotNetGraph/Node/DotNodeStyleLayout.cs b/Sources/DotNetGraph/Node/DotNodeStyleLayout.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b9a569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/DotNetGraph/Node/DotNodeStyleLayout.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using DotNetGraph.Attributes;
+
+namespace DotNetGraph.Node
+{
+    public class DotNodeStyleLayout
+    {
+        public DotColorAttribute Color { get; set; }
+
+        public DotFontColorAttribute FontColor { get; set; }
+        
+        public DotFillColorAttribute FillColor { get; set; }
+        
+        public DotNodeShapeAttribute Shape { get; set; }
+        
+        public DotNodeStyleAttribute Style { get; set; }
+        
+        public DotNodeHeightAttribute Height { get; set; }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Sources/DotNetGraph/SubGraph/DotSubGraph.cs b/Sources/DotNetGraph/SubGraph/DotSubGraph.cs
index 3526cfd..7f3a1c1 100644
--- a/Sources/DotNetGraph/SubGraph/DotSubGraph.cs
+++ b/Sources/DotNetGraph/SubGraph/DotSubGraph.cs
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 
 namespace DotNetGraph.SubGraph
 {
-    public class DotSubGraph : DotElementWithAttributes
+    public class DotSubGraph : DotElementWithAttributes, IElementWithChildren
     {
         public string Identifier { get; set; }
         
+        public List<IDotElement> Elements { get; }
+        
         public DotColorAttribute Color
         {
             get => GetAttribute<DotColorAttribute>();
@@ -26,8 +28,6 @@ public DotLabelAttribute Label
             set => SetAttribute(value);
         }
 
-        public List<IDotElement> Elements { get; }
-
         public DotSubGraph(string identifier = null)
         {
             Elements = new List<IDotElement>();