diff --git a/src/color.rs b/src/color.rs
index 8140f9c6b..10317bff5 100644
--- a/src/color.rs
+++ b/src/color.rs
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ const DARK_THEME_PLUS_EMPH_COLOR_256: Color = Color::Fixed(28);
 
 // blame
 
-pub const LIGHT_THEME_BLAME_PALETTE: &[&str] = &["#FFFFFF", "#DDDDDD", "#BBBBBB"];
+pub const LIGHT_THEME_BLAME_PALETTE: &[&str] =
+    &["#FFFFFF", "#EEEEEE", "#DDDDDD", "#CCCCCC", "#BBBBBB"];
 
-pub const DARK_THEME_BLAME_PALETTE: &[&str] = &["#000000", "#222222", "#444444"];
+pub const DARK_THEME_BLAME_PALETTE: &[&str] =
+    &["#000000", "#111111", "#222222", "#333333", "#444444"];