diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index e41fb8c..ae5b20d 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [BASIC]
-good-names=i,j,k,n,x,y,fg,bg,r,g,b,i3,r1,r2,r3,g1,g2,g3,b1,b2,b3,h,s,v
+good-names=i,j,k,n,x,y,fg,bg,r,g,b,i3,r1,r2,r3,g1,g2,g3,b1,b2,b3,h,s,v,l
 
 [MESSAGES CONTROL]
 # inconsistent-return-statements:
diff --git a/pywal/__main__.py b/pywal/__main__.py
index 73c2d83..c195b5d 100644
--- a/pywal/__main__.py
+++ b/pywal/__main__.py
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ def get_args():
                           "flag is used: Go through the images in order "
                           "instead of shuffled.")
 
+    arg.add_argument("--saturate", metavar="0.0-1.0",
+                     help="Set the color saturation.")
+
     arg.add_argument("-c", action="store_true",
                      help="Delete all cached colorschemes.")
 
@@ -147,7 +150,8 @@ def parse_args(parser):
 
     if args.i:
         image_file = image.get(args.i, iterative=args.iterative)
-        colors_plain = colors.get(image_file, args.l, args.backend)
+        colors_plain = colors.get(image_file, args.l, args.backend,
+                                  sat=args.saturate)
 
     if args.theme:
         colors_plain = theme.file(args.theme, args.l)
diff --git a/pywal/colors.py b/pywal/colors.py
index f8d7260..e4fae46 100644
--- a/pywal/colors.py
+++ b/pywal/colors.py
@@ -73,13 +73,23 @@ def generic_adjust(colors, light):
     return colors
 
 
-def cache_fname(img, backend, light, cache_dir):
+def saturate_colors(colors, amount):
+    """Saturate all colors."""
+    if float(amount) <= 1.0:
+        for i, _ in enumerate(colors):
+            if i not in [0, 7, 8, 15]:
+                colors[i] = util.saturate_color(colors[i], float(amount))
+
+    return colors
+
+
+def cache_fname(img, backend, light, cache_dir, sat=""):
     """Create the cache file name."""
     color_type = "light" if light else "dark"
     file_name = re.sub("[/|\\|.]", "_", img)
 
-    file_parts = [file_name, color_type, backend, __cache_version__]
-    return [cache_dir, "schemes", "%s_%s_%s_%s.json" % (*file_parts,)]
+    file_parts = [file_name, color_type, backend, sat, __cache_version__]
+    return [cache_dir, "schemes", "%s_%s_%s_%s_%s.json" % (*file_parts,)]
 
 
 def get_backend(backend):
@@ -106,10 +116,10 @@ def palette():
     print("\n")
 
 
-def get(img, light=False, backend="wal", cache_dir=CACHE_DIR):
+def get(img, light=False, backend="wal", cache_dir=CACHE_DIR, sat=""):
     """Generate a palette."""
     # home_dylan_img_jpg_backend_1.2.2.json
-    cache_name = cache_fname(img, backend, light, cache_dir)
+    cache_name = cache_fname(img, backend, light, cache_dir, sat)
     cache_file = os.path.join(*cache_name)
 
     if os.path.isfile(cache_file):
@@ -136,7 +146,8 @@ def get(img, light=False, backend="wal", cache_dir=CACHE_DIR):
 
         logging.info("Using %s backend.", backend)
         backend = sys.modules["pywal.backends.%s" % backend]
-        colors = colors_to_dict(getattr(backend, "get")(img, light), img)
+        colors = getattr(backend, "get")(img, light)
+        colors = colors_to_dict(saturate_colors(colors, sat), img)
 
         util.save_file_json(colors, cache_file)
         logging.info("Generation complete.")
diff --git a/pywal/util.py b/pywal/util.py
index 4495dbe..a915a43 100644
--- a/pywal/util.py
+++ b/pywal/util.py
@@ -149,10 +149,9 @@ def saturate_color(color, amount):
     """Saturate a hex color."""
     r, g, b = hex_to_rgb(color)
     r, g, b = [x/255.0 for x in (r, g, b)]
-    h, s, v = colorsys.rgb_to_hsv(r, g, b)
+    h, l, s = colorsys.rgb_to_hls(r, g, b)
     s = amount
-    v = 0.2
-    r, g, b = colorsys.hls_to_rgb(h, s, v)
+    r, g, b = colorsys.hls_to_rgb(h, l, s)
     r, g, b = [x*255.0 for x in (r, g, b)]
 
     return rgb_to_hex((int(r), int(g), int(b)))