diff --git a/palettes/_terminal-palettes/cuttlefish-terminal.css b/palettes/_terminal-palettes/cuttlefish-terminal.css
index 49bc4f0..ba97eb1 100644
--- a/palettes/_terminal-palettes/cuttlefish-terminal.css
+++ b/palettes/_terminal-palettes/cuttlefish-terminal.css
@@ -1,31 +1,42 @@
+/* blue has to be very bright, and green has to be very dull, due to the blue on green ls output in ubuntu for folders with permissions*/
+.cuttlefish {
+  --green: #259753;
+  --blue: #0ff;
+}
+
+.cuttlefish .blue-on-green {
+  background-color: var(--green);
+  color: var(--blue);
+  margin: 5px;
+}
+
 .cuttlefish .black {
   color: #bbb;
 }
 
 .cuttlefish .blue {
-  color: #5be;
-  color: #7df;
+  color: var(--blue);
 }
 
-/* has to be very bright, because of the blue on green ls output in ubuntu for folders with permissions*/
 .cuttlefish .brightblack {
-  color: #eee;
+  color: #e98962;
 }
 
 .cuttlefish .brightblue {
-  color: #2bf;
+  color: #00bfff;
 }
 
 .cuttlefish .brightcyan {
-  color: #8fe;
+  color: #0eb;
 }
 
 .cuttlefish .brightgreen {
-  color: #9f0;
+  color: #0e0;
 }
 
 .cuttlefish .brightmagenta {
-  color: #f9c;
+  color: #a9f;
+
 }
 
 .cuttlefish .brightred {
@@ -33,38 +44,37 @@
 }
 
 .cuttlefish .brightwhite {
-  color: #eee;
+  color: #fff;
 }
 
 .cuttlefish .brightyellow {
-  color: #ff0;
+  color: #fc0;
 }
 
 .cuttlefish .cyan {
-  color: #5da;
+  color: #8dd;
+  color: #7db;
+  color: #62cca9;
 }
 
 .cuttlefish .green {
-  color: #5c0;
-  color: #370;
-  /* has to be very dull, because of the blue on green ls output in ubuntu for folders with permissions */
+  color: var(--green);
 }
 
-
 .cuttlefish .magenta {
   color: #f58;
 }
 
 .cuttlefish .red {
-  color: #ea3; /* since there's no orange in the palette, let's add some orange */
+  color: #e6a8b7;
 }
 
 .cuttlefish .white {
-  color: #bbb;
+  color: #ddd;
 }
 
 .cuttlefish .yellow {
-  color: #dd2;
+  color: #dd0;
 }
 
 body.cuttlefish {
diff --git a/palettes/_terminal-palettes/sepia-terminal.css b/palettes/_terminal-palettes/sepia-terminal.css
index db73241..c34832a 100644
--- a/palettes/_terminal-palettes/sepia-terminal.css
+++ b/palettes/_terminal-palettes/sepia-terminal.css
@@ -1,11 +1,22 @@
+/* blue has to be very bright, and green has to be very dull, due to the blue on green ls output in ubuntu for folders with permissions*/
+.sepia {
+  --blue: #004491;
+  --green: #6faa00;
+}
+
+.sepia .blue-on-green {
+  background-color: var(--green);
+  color: var(--blue);
+  margin: 5px;
+}
+
 .sepia .black {
-  color: #444;
+  color: #443826;
 }
 
 .sepia .blue {
-  color: #07a;
+  color: var(--blue);
 }
-/* has to be very bright, because of the blue on green ls output in ubuntu for folders with permissions*/
 
 .sepia .brightblack {
   color: #000;
@@ -36,33 +47,31 @@
 }
 
 .sepia .brightyellow {
-  color: #ff0;
+  color: #f60;
 }
 
 .sepia .cyan {
   color: #098;
+  color: #008b8b;
 }
-
 .sepia .green {
-  color: #9a0;
-  /* has to be very light, because of the blue on green ls output in ubuntu for folders with permissions */
+  color: var(--green);
 }
 
 .sepia .magenta {
-  color: #a0a;
+  color: #909;
 }
 
 .sepia .red {
-  color: #c10e; /* since there's no orange in the palette, let's add some orange */
+  color: #c10;
 }
 
 .sepia .white {
-  color: #888;
+  color: #777;
 }
 
 .sepia .yellow {
-  color: #a80;
-  color: #b48802;
+  color: #9b6a00;
 }
 
 body.sepia {
diff --git a/palettes/_terminal-palettes/terminal-palettes.html b/palettes/_terminal-palettes/terminal-palettes.html
index ef05e84..76c718d 100644
--- a/palettes/_terminal-palettes/terminal-palettes.html
+++ b/palettes/_terminal-palettes/terminal-palettes.html
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
       <option value="algae">Sepia from Cuttlefish's Algae</option>
     </select>
   </header>
+
+  <h1>blue on green ls output in ubuntu for folders with permissions</h1>
+  <span class="blue-on-green">Lorem ipsum dolor </span>
+  <span class="blue-on-green">sit amet consectetur </span>
   <h1>The 16 terminal colors:</h1>
   <section class="color-names">
   </section>
diff --git a/palettes/cuttlefish/cuttlefish.css b/palettes/cuttlefish/cuttlefish.css
index 9569c0b..17c0639 100644
--- a/palettes/cuttlefish/cuttlefish.css
+++ b/palettes/cuttlefish/cuttlefish.css
@@ -169,6 +169,6 @@ Now it seems that comments may only be put on the same line as a color value if
 }
 
 body.cuttlefish {
-  background-color: #003940;
+  background-color: #003740;
   color: white;
 }