diff --git a/orx-shade-styles/src/main/kotlin/LinearGradient.kt b/orx-shade-styles/src/main/kotlin/LinearGradient.kt
index c5c933a0..fc6c81c8 100644
--- a/orx-shade-styles/src/main/kotlin/LinearGradient.kt
+++ b/orx-shade-styles/src/main/kotlin/LinearGradient.kt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package org.openrndr.extra.shadestyles
 
 import org.openrndr.color.ColorRGBa
 import org.openrndr.draw.ShadeStyle
-import org.openrndr.draw.shadeStyle
 import org.openrndr.extra.parameters.ColorParameter
 import org.openrndr.extra.parameters.Description
 import org.openrndr.extra.parameters.DoubleParameter
@@ -13,7 +12,8 @@ class LinearGradient(
         color0: ColorRGBa,
         color1: ColorRGBa,
         offset: Vector2,
-        rotation: Double) : ShadeStyle() {
+        rotation: Double,
+        exponent: Double) : ShadeStyle() {
 
     @ColorParameter("start color", order = 0)
     var color0: ColorRGBa by Parameter()
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@ class LinearGradient(
     var offset: Vector2 by Parameter()
     @DoubleParameter("rotation", -180.0, 180.0, order = 2)
     var rotation: Double by Parameter()
+    @DoubleParameter("exponent", 0.01, 10.0, order = 3)
+    var exponent: Double by Parameter()
 
     init {
         this.color0 = color0
         this.color1 = color1
         this.offset = offset
         this.rotation = rotation
+        this.exponent = exponent
 
         fragmentTransform = """
             vec2 coord = (c_boundsPosition.xy - vec2(0.5) + p_offset);
@@ -36,23 +39,27 @@ class LinearGradient(
             mat2 rm = mat2(cr, -sr, sr, cr);
             float f = clamp((rm * coord).y + 0.5, 0.0, 1.0);            
                 
-            vec4 color0 = p_color0 * vec4(p_color0.aaa, 1.0);
-            vec4 color1 = p_color1 * vec4(p_color1.aaa, 1.0);
+            vec4 color0 = p_color0;
+            color0.rgb *= color0.a;
+
+            vec4 color1 = p_color1; 
+            color1.rgb *= color1.a;
+
+            vec4 gradient = mix(color0, color1, pow(f, p_exponent));
 
-            vec4 gradient = color0 * (1.0-f) + color1 * f;
-            
             vec4 fn = vec4(x_fill.rgb, 1.0) * x_fill.a;            
             
             x_fill = fn * gradient;
-            if (x_fill.a !=0) {
+            if (x_fill.a != 0) {
                 x_fill.rgb /= x_fill.a;
             }
         """
     }
 }
 
-fun linearGradient(color0: ColorRGBa, color1: ColorRGBa, offset: Vector2 = Vector2.ZERO, rotation: Double = 0.0) =
-        LinearGradient(color0, color1, offset, rotation)
+fun linearGradient(color0: ColorRGBa, color1: ColorRGBa, offset: Vector2 =
+        Vector2.ZERO, rotation: Double = 0.0, exponent: Double = 1.0) =
+        LinearGradient(color0, color1, offset, rotation, exponent)