diff --git a/colours.js b/colours.js
index ddbdcaf..f85f25a 100644
--- a/colours.js
+++ b/colours.js
@@ -3,14 +3,18 @@ import Color from 'color';
 
 export const get_colours = (basis) => {
 	const basis_c = Color(basis);
-	const hsl = basis_c.hsl();
+	const hslb = basis_c.hsl();
+	const hue = hslb['color'][0];
+	const saturation = hslb['color'][1];
+	const luminance = hslb['color'][2];
 	const scheme = new ColorScheme;
-	scheme.from_hue(hsl['color'][0]).scheme("tetrade").variation("hard").distance(0.5);
-	const colours = scheme.colors().map((cs) => parseInt('0x' + cs));
-	const set = colours.slice(1, 9);
-	set.reverse();
-	set.unshift(basis);
-	return set;
+	scheme.from_hue(hue).scheme("tetrade").distance(0.75);
+	const colours = scheme.colors().slice(1, 9);
+	colours.reverse();
+	const hsl = colours.map((c) => Color("#" + c).hsl());
+	const resaturated = hsl.map((hslc) => hslc.saturationl(saturation).rgbNumber()); 
+	resaturated.unshift(basis);
+	return resaturated;
 }
 
 // basic colours where 0 = blue