diff --git a/include/light/light.h b/include/light/light.h
index acd5a41b..48cb8e43 100644
--- a/include/light/light.h
+++ b/include/light/light.h
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ typedef struct {
     
 extern const bouncelight_t *bouncelights;
 extern int numbouncelights;
+extern byte thepalette[768];
     
 /* tracelist is a null terminated array of BSP models to use for LOS tests */
 extern const modelinfo_t *const *tracelist;
diff --git a/light/light.cc b/light/light.cc
index 9c41882f..d2c78bc4 100644
--- a/light/light.cc
+++ b/light/light.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <set>
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <mutex>
+#include <string>
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -759,6 +760,7 @@ LoadExtendedTexinfoFlags(const char *sourcefilename, const bsp2_t *bsp)
 
 // radiosity
 
+map<string, vec3_struct_t> texturecolors;
 std::vector<bouncelight_t> radlights;
 
 // for access from C
@@ -982,6 +984,49 @@ MakeBounceLightsThread (void *arg)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+// Returns color in [0,1]
+void Texture_AvgColor (const bsp2_t *bsp, const miptex_t *miptex, vec3_t color)
+{
+    VectorSet(color, 0, 0, 0);
+    if (!bsp->texdatasize)
+        return;
+    
+    const byte *data = (byte*)miptex + miptex->offsets[0];
+    for (int y=0; y<miptex->height; y++) {
+        for (int x=0; x<miptex->width; x++) {
+            const int i = data[(miptex->width * y) + x];
+            
+            vec3_t samplecolor = { (float)thepalette[3*i], (float)thepalette[3*i + 1], (float)thepalette[3*i + 2] };
+            VectorAdd(color, samplecolor, color);
+        }
+    }
+    VectorScale(color, 1.0 / (miptex->width * miptex->height), color);
+    VectorScale(color, 1.0 / 255.0, color);
+}
+
+void MakeTextureColors (const bsp2_t *bsp)
+{
+    logprint("--- MakeTextureColors ---\n");
+ 
+    if (!bsp->texdatasize)
+        return;
+    
+    for (int i=0; i<bsp->dtexdata.header->nummiptex; i++) {
+        const int ofs = bsp->dtexdata.header->dataofs[i];
+        if (ofs < 0)
+            continue;
+        
+        const miptex_t *miptex = (miptex_t *)(bsp->dtexdata.base + ofs);
+        
+        string name { miptex->name };
+        vec3_struct_t color;
+        Texture_AvgColor(bsp, miptex, color.v);
+        
+        printf("%s has color %f %f %f\n", name.c_str(), color.v[0], color.v[1], color.v[2]);
+        texturecolors[name] = color;
+    }
+}
+
 void MakeBounceLights (const bsp2_t *bsp)
 {
     logprint("--- MakeBounceLights ---\n");
@@ -1007,8 +1052,17 @@ void MakeBounceLights (const bsp2_t *bsp)
                 VectorCopy(patch->plane.normal, l.surfnormal);
                 l.area = WindingArea(patch->w);
                 l.leaf = Light_PointInLeaf(bsp, l.pos);
-                radlights.push_back(l);
                 
+                // scale by texture color
+                const bsp2_dface_t *f = &bsp->dfaces[mapentry.first];
+                const char *facename = Face_TextureName(bsp, f);
+                if (texturecolors.find(facename) != texturecolors.end()) {
+                    vec3_struct_t texcolor = texturecolors.at(facename);
+                    for (int i=0; i<3; i++)
+                        l.color[i] *= texcolor.v[i];
+                }
+                
+                radlights.push_back(l);
                 //fprintf(f, "{\n\"classname\" \"light\"\n\"origin\" \"%f %f %f\"\n}\n", l.pos[0], l.pos[1], l.pos[2]);
             }
         }
@@ -1378,8 +1432,10 @@ main(int argc, const char **argv)
 
         MakeTnodes(bsp);
         
-        if (bounce)
+        if (bounce) {
+            MakeTextureColors(bsp);
             MakeBounceLights(bsp);
+        }
         
         LightWorld(&bspdata, !!lmscaleoverride);
         
diff --git a/light/ltface.c b/light/ltface.c
index f4803471..5319829e 100644
--- a/light/ltface.c
+++ b/light/ltface.c
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ CullLight(const entity_t *entity, const lightsurf_t *lightsurf)
     return fabs(GetLightValue(&entity->light, entity, dist)) <= fadegate;
 }
 
-static byte thepalette[768] =
+byte thepalette[768] =
 {
 0,0,0,15,15,15,31,31,31,47,47,47,63,63,63,75,75,75,91,91,91,107,107,107,123,123,123,139,139,139,155,155,155,171,171,171,187,187,187,203,203,203,219,219,219,235,235,235,15,11,7,23,15,11,31,23,11,39,27,15,47,35,19,55,43,23,63,47,23,75,55,27,83,59,27,91,67,31,99,75,31,107,83,31,115,87,31,123,95,35,131,103,35,143,111,35,11,11,15,19,19,27,27,27,39,39,39,51,47,47,63,55,55,75,63,63,87,71,71,103,79,79,115,91,91,127,99,99,
 139,107,107,151,115,115,163,123,123,175,131,131,187,139,139,203,0,0,0,7,7,0,11,11,0,19,19,0,27,27,0,35,35,0,43,43,7,47,47,7,55,55,7,63,63,7,71,71,7,75,75,11,83,83,11,91,91,11,99,99,11,107,107,15,7,0,0,15,0,0,23,0,0,31,0,0,39,0,0,47,0,0,55,0,0,63,0,0,71,0,0,79,0,0,87,0,0,95,0,0,103,0,0,111,0,0,119,0,0,127,0,0,19,19,0,27,27,0,35,35,0,47,43,0,55,47,0,67,