diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/SNES/SNESGraphicsDecoder.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/SNES/SNESGraphicsDecoder.cs
index 53aac5b2c1..b50d7162e1 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/SNES/SNESGraphicsDecoder.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/SNES/SNESGraphicsDecoder.cs
@@ -328,13 +328,16 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo.SNES
 						for (int b = 0; b < 32; b++)
 						{
 							//zero 04-sep-2012 - go ahead and turn this into a pixel format we'll want
-							double luma = (double)l / 15.0;
-							int ar = (int)(luma * r + 0.5);
-							int ag = (int)(luma * g + 0.5);
-							int ab = (int)(luma * b + 0.5);
-							ar = ar * 255 / 31;
-							ag = ag * 255 / 31;
-							ab = ab * 255 / 31;
+							//double luma = (double)l / 15.0;
+							//int ar = (int)(luma * r + 0.5);
+							//int ag = (int)(luma * g + 0.5);
+							//int ab = (int)(luma * b + 0.5);
+							//ar = ar * 255 / 31;
+							//ag = ag * 255 / 31;
+							//ab = ab * 255 / 31;
+							int ar = (r * l * 17 + 15) / 31;
+							int ag = (g * l * 17 + 15) / 31;
+							int ab = (b * l * 17 + 15) / 31;
 							int color = (ab << 16) + (ag << 8) + (ar << 0) | unchecked((int)0xFF000000);
 							colortable[(l << 15) + (r << 10) + (g << 5) + (b << 0)] = color;
 						}
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libsneshawk.dll b/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libsneshawk.dll
index 10b2beffe8..ec4c27a535 100644
Binary files a/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libsneshawk.dll and b/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libsneshawk.dll differ
diff --git a/libsnes/bsnes/target-libsnes/libsnes.cpp b/libsnes/bsnes/target-libsnes/libsnes.cpp
index 68bfe96baa..8c18edebf0 100644
--- a/libsnes/bsnes/target-libsnes/libsnes.cpp
+++ b/libsnes/bsnes/target-libsnes/libsnes.cpp
@@ -110,15 +110,18 @@ struct Interface : public SNES::Interface {
             //palette[(l << 15) + (r << 10) + (g << 5) + (b << 0)] = (ab << 10) + (ag << 5) + (ar << 0);
 
 						//zero 04-sep-2012 - go ahead and turn this into a pixel format we'll want
-            double luma = (double)l / 15.0;
-            unsigned ar = (luma * r + 0.5);
-            unsigned ag = (luma * g + 0.5);
-            unsigned ab = (luma * b + 0.5);
-						ar = ar * 255 / 31;
-						ag = ag * 255 / 31;
-						ab = ab * 255 / 31;
-						unsigned color = (ab << 16) + (ag << 8) + (ar << 0) | 0xFF000000;
-						palette[(l << 15) + (r << 10) + (g << 5) + (b << 0)] = color;
+            //double luma = (double)l / 15.0;
+            //unsigned ar = (luma * r + 0.5);
+            //unsigned ag = (luma * g + 0.5);
+            //unsigned ab = (luma * b + 0.5);
+						//ar = ar * 255 / 31;
+						//ag = ag * 255 / 31;
+						//ab = ab * 255 / 31;
+			int ar = (r * l * 17 + 15) / 31;
+			int ag = (g * l * 17 + 15) / 31;
+			int ab = (b * l * 17 + 15) / 31;
+			unsigned color = (ab << 16) + (ag << 8) + (ar << 0) | 0xFF000000;
+			palette[(l << 15) + (r << 10) + (g << 5) + (b << 0)] = color;
           }
         }
       }