diff --git a/rtiow/src/perlin.rs b/rtiow/src/perlin.rs
index 9c9d54f..2d19976 100644
--- a/rtiow/src/perlin.rs
+++ b/rtiow/src/perlin.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use rand::Rng;
 //use rand::SeedableRng;
 //use rand::XorShiftRng;
 
+use vec3::dot;
 use vec3::Vec3;
 
 lazy_static! {
@@ -11,16 +12,23 @@ lazy_static! {
 //const SEED: [u8; 16] = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15];
 
 pub struct Perlin {
-    ranfloat: Vec<f32>,
+    ran_vec: Vec<Vec3>,
     perm_x: Vec<usize>,
     perm_y: Vec<usize>,
     perm_z: Vec<usize>,
 }
 
-fn perlin_generate() -> Vec<f32> {
+fn perlin_generate() -> Vec<Vec3> {
     //let mut rng: XorShiftRng = SeedableRng::from_seed(SEED);
     let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
-    (0..256).map(|_| rng.gen_range::<f32>(0., 1.)).collect()
+    (0..256)
+        .map(|_| {
+            Vec3::new(
+                rng.gen_range::<f32>(-1., 1.),
+                rng.gen_range::<f32>(-1., 1.),
+                rng.gen_range::<f32>(-1., 1.),
+            ).unit_vector()
+        }).collect()
 }
 
 fn permute(p: &mut Vec<usize>, n: usize) {
@@ -41,18 +49,25 @@ fn perlin_generate_perm() -> Vec<usize> {
     p
 }
 
-fn trilinear_interp(c: [[[f32; 2]; 2]; 2], u: f32, v: f32, w: f32) -> f32 {
+fn perlin_interp(c: [[[Vec3; 2]; 2]; 2], u: f32, v: f32, w: f32) -> f32 {
+    // Hermite cubic to round off interpolation and attempt to address 'mach bands'.
+    let uu = u * u * (3. - 2. * u);
+    let vv = v * v * (3. - 2. * v);
+    let ww = w * w * (3. - 2. * w);
+
     let mut accum = 0.;
     for i in 0..2 {
         for j in 0..2 {
             for k in 0..2 {
-                let fi = i as f32;
-                let fj = j as f32;
-                let fk = k as f32;
-                accum += (fi * u + (1. - fi) * (1. - u))
-                    * (fj * v + (1. - fj) * (1. - v))
-                    * (fk * w + (1. - fk) * (1. - w))
-                    * c[i][j][k];
+                let weight_v = Vec3::new(u - i as f32, v - j as f32, w - k as f32);
+
+                let i = i as f32;
+                let j = j as f32;
+                let k = k as f32;
+                accum += (i * uu + (1. - i) * (1. - uu))
+                    * (j * vv + (1. - j) * (1. - vv))
+                    * (k * ww + (1. - k) * (1. - ww))
+                    * dot(c[i as usize][j as usize][k as usize], weight_v);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -62,7 +77,7 @@ fn trilinear_interp(c: [[[f32; 2]; 2]; 2], u: f32, v: f32, w: f32) -> f32 {
 impl Perlin {
     fn new() -> Perlin {
         Perlin {
-            ranfloat: perlin_generate(),
+            ran_vec: perlin_generate(),
             perm_x: perlin_generate_perm(),
             perm_y: perlin_generate_perm(),
             perm_z: perlin_generate_perm(),
@@ -70,29 +85,24 @@ impl Perlin {
     }
 
     pub fn noise(&self, p: Vec3) -> f32 {
-        let mut u = p.x - p.x.floor();
-        let mut v = p.y - p.y.floor();
-        let mut w = p.z - p.z.floor();
-
-        // Hermite cubic to round off interpolation and attempt to address 'mach bands'.
-        u = u * u * (3. - 2. * u);
-        v = v * v * (3. - 2. * v);
-        w = w * w * (3. - 2. * w);
+        let u = p.x - p.x.floor();
+        let v = p.y - p.y.floor();
+        let w = p.z - p.z.floor();
 
         let i = p.x.floor() as usize;
         let j = p.y.floor() as usize;
         let k = p.z.floor() as usize;
 
-        let mut c: [[[f32; 2]; 2]; 2] = Default::default();
+        let mut c: [[[Vec3; 2]; 2]; 2] = Default::default();
         for di in 0..2 {
             for dj in 0..2 {
                 for dk in 0..2 {
-                    c[di][dj][dk] = self.ranfloat[self.perm_x[(i + di) & 255]
-                                                      ^ self.perm_y[(j + dj) & 255]
-                                                      ^ self.perm_z[(k + dk) & 255]]
+                    c[di][dj][dk] = self.ran_vec[self.perm_x[(i + di) & 255]
+                                                     ^ self.perm_y[(j + dj) & 255]
+                                                     ^ self.perm_z[(k + dk) & 255]]
                 }
             }
         }
-        trilinear_interp(c, u, v, w)
+        perlin_interp(c, u, v, w)
     }
 }
diff --git a/rtiow/src/texture.rs b/rtiow/src/texture.rs
index 385ff6d..6ca0399 100644
--- a/rtiow/src/texture.rs
+++ b/rtiow/src/texture.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,6 @@ impl NoiseTexture {
 
 impl Texture for NoiseTexture {
     fn value(&self, _u: f32, _v: f32, p: Vec3) -> Vec3 {
-        Vec3::new(1., 1., 1.) * GENERATOR.noise(self.scale * p)
+        Vec3::new(1., 1., 1.) * 0.5 * (1. + GENERATOR.noise(self.scale * p))
     }
 }