diff --git a/src/hardware/hw_md2.c b/src/hardware/hw_md2.c
index f87f187a..145a0150 100644
--- a/src/hardware/hw_md2.c
+++ b/src/hardware/hw_md2.c
@@ -987,40 +987,26 @@ static void HWR_CreateBlendedTexture(GLPatch_t *gpatch, GLPatch_t *blendgpatch,
 
 	// Average all of the translation's colors
 	{
-		UINT16 r, g, b;
-		UINT8 div = 0;
+		const UINT8 div = 6;
+		const UINT8 start = 4;
+		UINT32 r, g, b;
 
-		blendcolor = V_GetColor(colortranslations[color][0]);
-		r = (UINT16)blendcolor.s.red;
-		g = (UINT16)blendcolor.s.green;
-		b = (UINT16)blendcolor.s.blue;
+		blendcolor = V_GetColor(colortranslations[color][start]);
+		r = (UINT32)(blendcolor.s.red*blendcolor.s.red);
+		g = (UINT32)(blendcolor.s.green*blendcolor.s.green);
+		b = (UINT32)(blendcolor.s.blue*blendcolor.s.blue);
 
-		for (i = 1; i < 16; i++)
+		for (i = 1; i < div; i++)
 		{
-			RGBA_t nextcolor = V_GetColor(colortranslations[color][i]);
-			UINT8 mul = 1;
-			// Weight these shades more. Indices 1-9 weren't randomly picked, they are commonly used on sprites and are generally what the colors "look" like
-			if (i >= 1 && i <= 9)
-				mul++;
-			// The mid & dark tons on the minimap icons get weighted even harder
-			if (i == 4 || i == 6)
-				mul += 2;
-			// And the shade between them, why not
-			if (i == 5)
-				mul++;
-			r += (UINT16)(nextcolor.s.red)*mul;
-			g += (UINT16)(nextcolor.s.green)*mul;
-			b += (UINT16)(nextcolor.s.blue)*mul;
-			div += mul;
+			RGBA_t nextcolor = V_GetColor(colortranslations[color][start+i]);
+			r += (UINT32)(nextcolor.s.red*nextcolor.s.red);
+			g += (UINT32)(nextcolor.s.green*nextcolor.s.green);
+			b += (UINT32)(nextcolor.s.blue*nextcolor.s.blue);
 		}
 
-		// This shouldn't happen.
-		if (div < 1)
-			div = 1;
-
-		blendcolor.s.red = (UINT8)(r/div);
-		blendcolor.s.green = (UINT8)(g/div);
-		blendcolor.s.blue = (UINT8)(b/div);
+		blendcolor.s.red = (UINT8)(FixedSqrt((r/div)<<FRACBITS)>>FRACBITS);
+		blendcolor.s.green = (UINT8)(FixedSqrt((g/div)<<FRACBITS)>>FRACBITS);
+		blendcolor.s.blue = (UINT8)(FixedSqrt((b/div)<<FRACBITS)>>FRACBITS);
 	}
 
 	// rainbow support, could theoretically support boss ones too