diff --git a/client/shaders/nodes_shader/opengl_fragment.glsl b/client/shaders/nodes_shader/opengl_fragment.glsl
index 351faf81b..2a1cbc568 100644
--- a/client/shaders/nodes_shader/opengl_fragment.glsl
+++ b/client/shaders/nodes_shader/opengl_fragment.glsl
@@ -99,12 +99,6 @@ vec4 base = texture2D(baseTexture, uv).rgba;
 	float alpha = gl_Color.a;
 	vec4 col = vec4(color.rgb, alpha);
 	col *= gl_Color;
-	col = col * col; // SRGB -> Linear
-	col *= 1.8;
-	col.r = 1.0 - exp(1.0 - col.r) / e;
-	col.g = 1.0 - exp(1.0 - col.g) / e;
-	col.b = 1.0 - exp(1.0 - col.b) / e;
-	col = sqrt(col); // Linear -> SRGB
 	if(fogDistance != 0.0){
 		float d = max(0.0, min(vPosition.z / fogDistance * 1.5 - 0.6, 1.0));
 		alpha = mix(alpha, 0.0, d);
@@ -113,12 +107,6 @@ vec4 base = texture2D(baseTexture, uv).rgba;
 #else
 	vec4 col = vec4(color.rgb, base.a);
 	col *= gl_Color;
-	col = col * col; // SRGB -> Linear
-	col *= 1.8;
-	col.r = 1.0 - exp(1.0 - col.r) / e;
-	col.g = 1.0 - exp(1.0 - col.g) / e;
-	col.b = 1.0 - exp(1.0 - col.b) / e;
-	col = sqrt(col); // Linear -> SRGB
 	if(fogDistance != 0.0){
 		float d = max(0.0, min(vPosition.z / fogDistance * 1.5 - 0.6, 1.0));
 		col = mix(col, skyBgColor, d);
diff --git a/client/shaders/nodes_shader/opengl_vertex.glsl b/client/shaders/nodes_shader/opengl_vertex.glsl
index b09d03774..88e489e6c 100644
--- a/client/shaders/nodes_shader/opengl_vertex.glsl
+++ b/client/shaders/nodes_shader/opengl_vertex.glsl
@@ -63,28 +63,35 @@ void main(void)
 
 	vec3 normal, tangent, binormal;
 	normal = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * gl_Normal);
+	float tileContrast = 1.0;
 	if (gl_Normal.x > 0.5) {
 		//  1.0,  0.0,  0.0
+		tileContrast = 0.8;
 		tangent  = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 0.0,  0.0, -1.0));
 		binormal = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 0.0, -1.0,  0.0));
 	} else if (gl_Normal.x < -0.5) {
 		// -1.0,  0.0,  0.0
+		tileContrast = 0.8;
 		tangent  = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 0.0,  0.0,  1.0));
 		binormal = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 0.0, -1.0,  0.0));
 	} else if (gl_Normal.y > 0.5) {
 		//  0.0,  1.0,  0.0
+		tileContrast = 1.2;
 		tangent  = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 1.0,  0.0,  0.0));
 		binormal = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 0.0,  0.0,  1.0));
 	} else if (gl_Normal.y < -0.5) {
 		//  0.0, -1.0,  0.0
+		tileContrast = 0.3;
 		tangent  = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 1.0,  0.0,  0.0));
 		binormal = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 0.0,  0.0,  1.0));
 	} else if (gl_Normal.z > 0.5) {
 		//  0.0,  0.0,  1.0
+		tileContrast = 0.5;
 		tangent  = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 1.0,  0.0,  0.0));
 		binormal = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 0.0, -1.0,  0.0));
 	} else if (gl_Normal.z < -0.5) {
 		//  0.0,  0.0, -1.0
+		tileContrast = 0.5;
 		tangent  = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3(-1.0,  0.0,  0.0));
 		binormal = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 0.0, -1.0,  0.0));
 	}
@@ -108,7 +115,7 @@ void main(void)
 
 	// Moonlight is blue
 	b += (day - night) / 13.0;
-	rg -= (day - night) / 23.0;
+	rg -= (day - night) / 13.0;
 
 	// Emphase blue a bit in darker places
 	// See C++ implementation in mapblock_mesh.cpp finalColorBlend()
@@ -118,18 +125,17 @@ void main(void)
 	// See C++ implementation in mapblock_mesh.cpp finalColorBlend()
 	rg += max(0.0, (1.0 - abs(rg - 0.85)/0.15) * 0.065);
 
-	color.r = clamp(rg,0.0,1.0);
-	color.g = clamp(rg,0.0,1.0);
-	color.b = clamp(b,0.0,1.0);
+	color.r = rg;
+	color.g = rg;
+	color.b = b;
 
 #if !(MATERIAL_TYPE == TILE_MATERIAL_LIQUID_TRANSPARENT || MATERIAL_TYPE == TILE_MATERIAL_LIQUID_OPAQUE)
 	// Make sides and bottom darker than the top
 	color = color * color; // SRGB -> Linear
-	if(gl_Normal.y <= 0.5)
-		color *= 0.6;
+	color *= tileContrast;
 	color = sqrt(color); // Linear -> SRGB
 #endif
 
 	color.a = gl_Color.a;
-	gl_FrontColor = gl_BackColor = color;
+	gl_FrontColor = gl_BackColor = clamp(color,0.0,1.0);
 }
diff --git a/client/shaders/water_surface_shader/opengl_fragment.glsl b/client/shaders/water_surface_shader/opengl_fragment.glsl
index 351faf81b..2a1cbc568 100644
--- a/client/shaders/water_surface_shader/opengl_fragment.glsl
+++ b/client/shaders/water_surface_shader/opengl_fragment.glsl
@@ -99,12 +99,6 @@ vec4 base = texture2D(baseTexture, uv).rgba;
 	float alpha = gl_Color.a;
 	vec4 col = vec4(color.rgb, alpha);
 	col *= gl_Color;
-	col = col * col; // SRGB -> Linear
-	col *= 1.8;
-	col.r = 1.0 - exp(1.0 - col.r) / e;
-	col.g = 1.0 - exp(1.0 - col.g) / e;
-	col.b = 1.0 - exp(1.0 - col.b) / e;
-	col = sqrt(col); // Linear -> SRGB
 	if(fogDistance != 0.0){
 		float d = max(0.0, min(vPosition.z / fogDistance * 1.5 - 0.6, 1.0));
 		alpha = mix(alpha, 0.0, d);
@@ -113,12 +107,6 @@ vec4 base = texture2D(baseTexture, uv).rgba;
 #else
 	vec4 col = vec4(color.rgb, base.a);
 	col *= gl_Color;
-	col = col * col; // SRGB -> Linear
-	col *= 1.8;
-	col.r = 1.0 - exp(1.0 - col.r) / e;
-	col.g = 1.0 - exp(1.0 - col.g) / e;
-	col.b = 1.0 - exp(1.0 - col.b) / e;
-	col = sqrt(col); // Linear -> SRGB
 	if(fogDistance != 0.0){
 		float d = max(0.0, min(vPosition.z / fogDistance * 1.5 - 0.6, 1.0));
 		col = mix(col, skyBgColor, d);
diff --git a/client/shaders/water_surface_shader/opengl_vertex.glsl b/client/shaders/water_surface_shader/opengl_vertex.glsl
index b09d03774..88e489e6c 100644
--- a/client/shaders/water_surface_shader/opengl_vertex.glsl
+++ b/client/shaders/water_surface_shader/opengl_vertex.glsl
@@ -63,28 +63,35 @@ void main(void)
 
 	vec3 normal, tangent, binormal;
 	normal = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * gl_Normal);
+	float tileContrast = 1.0;
 	if (gl_Normal.x > 0.5) {
 		//  1.0,  0.0,  0.0
+		tileContrast = 0.8;
 		tangent  = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 0.0,  0.0, -1.0));
 		binormal = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 0.0, -1.0,  0.0));
 	} else if (gl_Normal.x < -0.5) {
 		// -1.0,  0.0,  0.0
+		tileContrast = 0.8;
 		tangent  = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 0.0,  0.0,  1.0));
 		binormal = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 0.0, -1.0,  0.0));
 	} else if (gl_Normal.y > 0.5) {
 		//  0.0,  1.0,  0.0
+		tileContrast = 1.2;
 		tangent  = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 1.0,  0.0,  0.0));
 		binormal = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 0.0,  0.0,  1.0));
 	} else if (gl_Normal.y < -0.5) {
 		//  0.0, -1.0,  0.0
+		tileContrast = 0.3;
 		tangent  = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 1.0,  0.0,  0.0));
 		binormal = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 0.0,  0.0,  1.0));
 	} else if (gl_Normal.z > 0.5) {
 		//  0.0,  0.0,  1.0
+		tileContrast = 0.5;
 		tangent  = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 1.0,  0.0,  0.0));
 		binormal = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 0.0, -1.0,  0.0));
 	} else if (gl_Normal.z < -0.5) {
 		//  0.0,  0.0, -1.0
+		tileContrast = 0.5;
 		tangent  = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3(-1.0,  0.0,  0.0));
 		binormal = normalize(gl_NormalMatrix * vec3( 0.0, -1.0,  0.0));
 	}
@@ -108,7 +115,7 @@ void main(void)
 
 	// Moonlight is blue
 	b += (day - night) / 13.0;
-	rg -= (day - night) / 23.0;
+	rg -= (day - night) / 13.0;
 
 	// Emphase blue a bit in darker places
 	// See C++ implementation in mapblock_mesh.cpp finalColorBlend()
@@ -118,18 +125,17 @@ void main(void)
 	// See C++ implementation in mapblock_mesh.cpp finalColorBlend()
 	rg += max(0.0, (1.0 - abs(rg - 0.85)/0.15) * 0.065);
 
-	color.r = clamp(rg,0.0,1.0);
-	color.g = clamp(rg,0.0,1.0);
-	color.b = clamp(b,0.0,1.0);
+	color.r = rg;
+	color.g = rg;
+	color.b = b;
 
 #if !(MATERIAL_TYPE == TILE_MATERIAL_LIQUID_TRANSPARENT || MATERIAL_TYPE == TILE_MATERIAL_LIQUID_OPAQUE)
 	// Make sides and bottom darker than the top
 	color = color * color; // SRGB -> Linear
-	if(gl_Normal.y <= 0.5)
-		color *= 0.6;
+	color *= tileContrast;
 	color = sqrt(color); // Linear -> SRGB
 #endif
 
 	color.a = gl_Color.a;
-	gl_FrontColor = gl_BackColor = color;
+	gl_FrontColor = gl_BackColor = clamp(color,0.0,1.0);
 }
diff --git a/src/mapblock_mesh.cpp b/src/mapblock_mesh.cpp
index bf62fe8b4..1f2f6cd8c 100644
--- a/src/mapblock_mesh.cpp
+++ b/src/mapblock_mesh.cpp
@@ -1397,13 +1397,32 @@ bool MapBlockMesh::animate(bool faraway, float time, int crack, u32 daynight_rat
 				u8 night = j->second.second;
 				finalColorBlend(vertices[vertexIndex].Color,
 						day, night, daynight_ratio);
-				// Brighten topside (no shaders)
-				if(vertices[vertexIndex].Normal.Y > 0.5)
-				{
-					video::SColor &vc = vertices[vertexIndex].Color;
-					vc.setRed  (srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getRed(),   1.3, 255.0));
-					vc.setGreen(srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getGreen(), 1.3, 255.0));
-					vc.setBlue (srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getBlue(),  1.3, 255.0));
+				// Make sides and bottom darker than the top
+				video::SColor &vc = vertices[vertexIndex].Color;
+				if(vertices[vertexIndex].Normal.Y > 0.5) {
+					vc.setRed  (srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getRed(),   1.2, 255.0));
+					vc.setGreen(srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getGreen(), 1.2, 255.0));
+					vc.setBlue (srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getBlue(),  1.2, 255.0));
+				} else if (vertices[vertexIndex].Normal.Y < -0.5) {
+					vc.setRed  (srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getRed(),   0.3, 255.0));
+					vc.setGreen(srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getGreen(), 0.3, 255.0));
+					vc.setBlue (srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getBlue(),  0.3, 255.0));
+				} else if (vertices[vertexIndex].Normal.X > 0.5) {
+					vc.setRed  (srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getRed(),   0.8, 255.0));
+					vc.setGreen(srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getGreen(), 0.8, 255.0));
+					vc.setBlue (srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getBlue(),  0.8, 255.0));
+				} else if (vertices[vertexIndex].Normal.X < -0.5) {
+					vc.setRed  (srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getRed(),   0.8, 255.0));
+					vc.setGreen(srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getGreen(), 0.8, 255.0));
+					vc.setBlue (srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getBlue(),  0.8, 255.0));
+				} else if (vertices[vertexIndex].Normal.Z > 0.5) {
+					vc.setRed  (srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getRed(),   0.5, 255.0));
+					vc.setGreen(srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getGreen(), 0.5, 255.0));
+					vc.setBlue (srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getBlue(),  0.5, 255.0));
+				} else if (vertices[vertexIndex].Normal.Z < -0.5) {
+					vc.setRed  (srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getRed(),   0.5, 255.0));
+					vc.setGreen(srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getGreen(), 0.5, 255.0));
+					vc.setBlue (srgb_linear_multiply(vc.getBlue(),  0.5, 255.0));
 				}
 			}
 		}