diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 82ffbf1a..802b42b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1721,6 +1721,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fast-srgb8",
  "palette_derive",
  "phf",
+ "rand",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/tek_sequencer/Cargo.toml b/crates/tek_sequencer/Cargo.toml
index c43fe12c..c33a160f 100644
--- a/crates/tek_sequencer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tek_sequencer/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 [dependencies]
 tek_core = { path = "../tek_core" }
 uuid = { version = "1.10.0", features = [ "v4" ] }
-palette = "0.7.6"
+palette = { version = "0.7.6", features = [ "random" ] }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/crates/tek_sequencer/src/lib.rs b/crates/tek_sequencer/src/lib.rs
index d0d33665..30b8dbc3 100644
--- a/crates/tek_sequencer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/tek_sequencer/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pub(crate) use tek_core::jack::*;
 pub(crate) use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 pub(crate) use rand::{thread_rng, prelude::*};
 pub(crate) use palette::{*, convert::*, okhsl::*};
+use rand::distributions::uniform::UniformSampler;
 
 submod! {
     arranger  arranger_tui 
@@ -37,11 +38,10 @@ tui_style!(STYLE_VALUE        =
 
 pub fn random_okhsl () -> Okhsl<f32> {
     let mut rng = thread_rng();
-    Okhsl::new(
-        rng.gen::<f32>() * 360f32 - 180f32,
-        rng.gen::<f32>(),
-        rng.gen::<f32>() * 0.5,
-    )
+    UniformOkhsl::new(
+        Okhsl::new(-180.0, 0.05, 0.1),
+        Okhsl::new( 180.0, 0.9,  0.5),
+    ).sample(&mut rng)
 }
 
 pub fn okhsl_to_rgb (color: Okhsl<f32>) -> Color {
@@ -62,12 +62,9 @@ pub fn random_color_near (color: Color, distance: f32) -> Color {
     if distance > 1.0 {
         panic!("random_color_near requires distance between 0.0 and 1.0");
     }
-    let old: Okhsl<f32> = Okhsl::from([
+    okhsl_to_rgb(Okhsl::from_color(Srgb::new(
         r as f32 / 255.0,
         g as f32 / 255.0,
         b as f32 / 255.0,
-    ]);
-    let new: Okhsl<f32> = random_okhsl();
-    let mixed = new.mix(old, 0.5);
-    okhsl_to_rgb(mixed)
+    )).mix(random_okhsl(), distance))
 }
diff --git a/crates/tek_sequencer/src/sequencer_tui.rs b/crates/tek_sequencer/src/sequencer_tui.rs
index 339db77e..bb83ca4a 100644
--- a/crates/tek_sequencer/src/sequencer_tui.rs
+++ b/crates/tek_sequencer/src/sequencer_tui.rs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ impl Handle<Tui> for PhrasePool<Tui> {
                 },
                 key!(KeyCode::Char('d')) => { // insert duplicate
                     let mut phrase = (*self.phrases[self.phrase].read().unwrap()).clone();
-                    phrase.color = random_color_near(phrase.color, 0.1);
+                    phrase.color = random_color_near(phrase.color, 0.2);
                     self.phrases.insert(self.phrase + 1, Arc::new(RwLock::new(phrase)));
                     self.phrase += 1;
                 },