diff --git a/src/onefetch/cli.rs b/src/onefetch/cli.rs
index 4fca8c30e..2cc994a80 100644
--- a/src/onefetch/cli.rs
+++ b/src/onefetch/cli.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pub struct Cli {
     pub no_bold: bool,
     pub image: Option<DynamicImage>,
     pub image_backend: Option<Box<dyn image_backends::ImageBackend>>,
+    pub image_colors: usize,
     pub no_merges: bool,
     pub no_color_blocks: bool,
     pub number_of_authors: usize,
@@ -141,6 +142,16 @@ impl Cli {
                 .possible_values(&possible_backends)
                 .help("Which image BACKEND to use."),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("image-colors")
+                .long("image-colors")
+                .value_name("NUM")
+                .takes_value(true)
+                .max_values(1)
+                .possible_values(&["16", "32", "64", "128", "256"])
+                .default_value("16")
+                .help("NUM of colors [16, 32, 64, 128, 256] to use in image backend."),
+        )
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name("no-merge-commits")
                 .long("no-merge-commits")
@@ -215,6 +226,8 @@ impl Cli {
             None
         };
 
+        let image_colors: usize = matches.value_of("image-colors").unwrap().parse().unwrap();
+
         let path = String::from(matches.value_of("input").unwrap());
 
         let ascii_input = matches.value_of("ascii-input").map(String::from);
@@ -254,6 +267,7 @@ impl Cli {
             no_bold,
             image,
             image_backend,
+            image_colors,
             no_merges,
             no_color_blocks,
             number_of_authors,
diff --git a/src/onefetch/cli_utils.rs b/src/onefetch/cli_utils.rs
index ac9cb4779..4d437b552 100644
--- a/src/onefetch/cli_utils.rs
+++ b/src/onefetch/cli_utils.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ impl<W: Write> Printer<W> {
                 buf.push_str(&image_backend.add_image(
                     info_lines.map(|s| format!("{}{}", center_pad, s)).collect(),
                     custom_image,
+                    self.info.config.image_colors
                 ));
             } else {
                 panic!("No image backend found")
diff --git a/src/onefetch/image_backends/kitty.rs b/src/onefetch/image_backends/kitty.rs
index 92caaa3f2..8ce7b7e86 100644
--- a/src/onefetch/image_backends/kitty.rs
+++ b/src/onefetch/image_backends/kitty.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ impl KittyBackend {
 }
 
 impl super::ImageBackend for KittyBackend {
-    fn add_image(&self, lines: Vec<String>, image: &DynamicImage) -> String {
+    fn add_image(&self, lines: Vec<String>, image: &DynamicImage, _colors: usize) -> String {
         let tty_size = unsafe {
             let tty_size: winsize = std::mem::zeroed();
             ioctl(STDOUT_FILENO, TIOCGWINSZ, &tty_size);
diff --git a/src/onefetch/image_backends/mod.rs b/src/onefetch/image_backends/mod.rs
index 676004a58..2925179cf 100644
--- a/src/onefetch/image_backends/mod.rs
+++ b/src/onefetch/image_backends/mod.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pub mod kitty;
 pub mod sixel;
 
 pub trait ImageBackend {
-    fn add_image(&self, lines: Vec<String>, image: &DynamicImage) -> String;
+    fn add_image(&self, lines: Vec<String>, image: &DynamicImage, colors: usize) -> String;
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(windows))]
diff --git a/src/onefetch/image_backends/sixel.rs b/src/onefetch/image_backends/sixel.rs
index 816ff8872..16398ea66 100644
--- a/src/onefetch/image_backends/sixel.rs
+++ b/src/onefetch/image_backends/sixel.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl SixelBackend {
 }
 
 impl super::ImageBackend for SixelBackend {
-    fn add_image(&self, lines: Vec<String>, image: &DynamicImage) -> String {
+    fn add_image(&self, lines: Vec<String>, image: &DynamicImage, colors: usize) -> String {
         let tty_size = unsafe {
             let tty_size: winsize = std::mem::zeroed();
             ioctl(STDOUT_FILENO, TIOCGWINSZ, &tty_size);
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ impl super::ImageBackend for SixelBackend {
         // reduce the amount of colors using dithering
         colorops::dither(
             &mut rgba_image,
-            &NeuQuant::new(10, 16, flat_samples.image_slice().unwrap()),
+            &NeuQuant::new(10, colors, flat_samples.image_slice().unwrap()),
         );
         let rgb_image = ImageBuffer::from_fn(rgba_image.width(), rgba_image.height(), |x, y| {
             let rgba_pixel = rgba_image.get_pixel(x, y);