diff --git a/src/wireviz.py b/src/wireviz.py
index afe825d..eb89682 100755
--- a/src/wireviz.py
+++ b/src/wireviz.py
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ class Harness:
         dot.body.append('// Graph generated by WireViz')
         dot.body.append('// https://github.com/formatc1702/WireViz')
         font = 'arial'
+        bgcolor = wv_colors.default_bknd_color
         dot.attr('graph', rankdir='LR',
                           ranksep='2',
-                          bgcolor='white',
+                          bgcolor=bgcolor,
                           nodesep='0.33',
                           fontname=font)
         dot.attr('node', shape='record',
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ class Harness:
                 for bla in p:
                     html = html + '<td>{}</td>'.format(bla)
                 html = html + '</tr>'
-                bgcolor = wv_colors.translate_color(x, 'hex')
+                bgcolor = ":".join(wv_colors.translate_color(x, 'hex').split(':')[:2])
                 html = html + '<tr><td colspan="{colspan}" cellpadding="0" height="6" bgcolor="{bgcolor}" border="2" sides="tb" port="{port}"></td></tr>'.format(colspan=len(p), bgcolor=bgcolor if bgcolor != '' else '#ffffff', port='w{}'.format(i))
 
             if c.shield:
@@ -168,10 +169,10 @@ class Harness:
             for x in c.connections:
                 if isinstance(x.via_port, int): # check if it's an actual wire and not a shield
                     search_color = c.colors[x.via_port-1]
-                    if search_color in wv_colors.color_hex:
-                        dot.attr('edge',color='#000000:{wire_color}:#000000'.format(wire_color=wv_colors.color_hex[search_color]))
-                    else: # color name not found
-                        dot.attr('edge',color='#000000:#ffffff:#000000')
+                    # if search_color in wv_colors.color_hex:
+                    dot.attr('edge',color='#000000:{wire_color}:#000000'.format(wire_color=wv_colors.get_color_hex(search_color)))
+                    # else: # color name not found
+                    #     dot.attr('edge',color='#000000:#ffffff:#000000')
                 else: # it's a shield connection
                     dot.attr('edge',color='#000000')
 
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ class Harness:
 
             file.write('</body></html>')
 
+    # TODO: add support for types of cables / Part Numbers
     def bom(self):
         bom = []
         bom_connectors = []
diff --git a/src/wv_colors.py b/src/wv_colors.py
index 32c90c9..dcc58cf 100644
--- a/src/wv_colors.py
+++ b/src/wv_colors.py
@@ -1,54 +1,100 @@
 COLOR_CODES = {
-               'DIN': ['WH','BN','GN','YE','GY','PK','BU','RD','BK','VT'], # ,'GYPK','RDBU','WHGN','BNGN','WHYE','YEBN','WHGY','GYBN','WHPK','PKBN'],
-               'IEC': ['BN','RD','OG','YE','GN','BU','VT','GY','WH','BK'],
-               'BW':  ['BK','WH']
-              }
+    'DIN': ['WH', 'BN', 'GN', 'YE', 'GY', 'PK', 'BU', 'RD', 'BK', 'VT', 'GYPK', 'RDBU', 'WHGN', 'BNGN', 'WHYE', 'YEBN',
+            'WHGY', 'GYBN', 'WHPK', 'PKBN', 'WHBU', 'BNBU', 'WHRD', 'BNRD', 'WHBK', 'BNBK', 'GYGN', 'YEGY', 'PKGN',
+            'YEPK', 'GNBU', 'YEBU', 'GNRD', 'YERD', 'GNBK', 'YEBK', 'GYBU', 'PKBU', 'GYRD', 'PKRD', 'GYBK', 'PKBK',
+            'BUBK', 'RDBK', 'WHBNBK', 'YEGNBK', 'GYPKBK', 'RDBUBK', 'WHGNBK', 'BNGNBK', 'WHYEBK', 'YEBNBK', 'WHGYBK',
+            'GYBNBK', 'WHPKBK', 'PKBNBK', 'WHBUBK', 'BNBUBK', 'WHRDBK', 'BNRDBK'],
+    'IEC': ['BN', 'RD', 'OG', 'YE', 'GN', 'BU', 'VT', 'GY', 'WH', 'BK'],
+    'BW': ['BK', 'WH'],
+    'TEL': ['BUWH', 'WHBU', 'OGWH', 'WHOG', 'GNWH', 'WHGN', 'BNWH', 'WHBN', 'SLWH', 'WHSL', 'BURD', 'RDBU', 'OGRD',
+            'RDOG', 'GNRD', 'RDGN', 'BNRD', 'RDBN', 'SLRD', 'RDSL', 'BUBK', 'BKBU', 'OGBK', 'BKOG', 'GNBK', 'BKGN',
+            'BNBK', 'BKBN', 'SLBK', 'BKSL', 'BUYW', 'YWBU', 'OGYW', 'YWOG', 'GNYW', 'YWGN', 'BNYW', 'YWBN', 'SLYW',
+            'YWSL', 'BUVT', 'VTBU', 'OGVT', 'VTOG', 'GNVT', 'VTGN', 'BNVT', 'VTBN', 'SLVT', 'VTSL'],
+    'TELALT': ['WHBU', 'BU', 'WHOG', 'OG', 'WHGN', 'GN', 'WHBN', 'BN', 'WHSL', 'SL', 'RDBU', 'BURD', 'RDOG', 'OGRD',
+               'RDGN', 'GNRD', 'RDBN', 'BNRD', 'RDSL', 'SLRD', 'BKBU', 'BUBK', 'BKOG', 'OGBK', 'BKGN', 'GNBK', 'BKBN',
+               'BNBK', 'BKSL', 'SLBK', 'YWBU', 'BUYW', 'YWOG', 'OGYW', 'YWGN', 'GNYW', 'YWBN', 'BNYW', 'YWSL', 'SLYW',
+               'VTBU', 'BUVT', 'VTOG', 'OGVT', 'VTGN', 'GNVT', 'VTBN', 'BNVT', 'VTSL', 'SLVT'],
+    'T568A': ['WHGN', 'GN', 'WHOG', 'BU', 'WHBU', 'OG', 'WHBN', 'BN'],
+    'T568B': ['WHOG', 'OG', 'WHGN', 'BU', 'WHBU', 'GN', 'WHBN', 'BN'],
+}
+
+_default_color = '#ffffff'
+
+# default_bkgnd_color = '#ffffff' # white
+default_bknd_color = '#fffbf8'  # off-white beige-ish
 
 color_hex = {
-             'BK': '#000000',
-             'WH': '#ffffff',
-             'GY': '#999999',
-             'PK': '#ff66cc',
-             'RD': '#ff0000',
-             'OG': '#ff8000',
-             'YE': '#ffff00',
-             'GN': '#00ff00',
-             'TQ': '#00ffff',
-             'BU': '#0066ff',
-             'VT': '#8000ff',
-             'BN': '#666600',
-              }
+    'BK': '#000000',
+    'WH': '#ffffff',
+    'GY': '#999999',
+    'PK': '#ff66cc',
+    'RD': '#ff0000',
+    'OG': '#ff8000',
+    'YE': '#ffff00',
+    'GN': '#00ff00',
+    'TQ': '#00ffff',
+    'BU': '#0066ff',
+    'VT': '#8000ff',
+    'BN': '#a52a2a',
+    'SL': '#708090',
+    # Faux-copper look, for bare CU wire
+    'CU': '#d6775e:#895956',
+    # Silvery look for tinned bare wire
+    'TI': '#aaaaaa:#84878c',
+    # Yellow-green PE wire
+    'PE': '#54aa85:#f7f854:#54aa85',
+}
 
+# TODO: Add a helper method for this, that can deal with banded wires
 color_full = {
-             'BK': 'black',
-             'WH': 'white',
-             'GY': 'grey',
-             'PK': 'pink',
-             'RD': 'red',
-             'OG': 'orange',
-             'YE': 'yellow',
-             'GN': 'green',
-             'TQ': 'turquoise',
-             'BU': 'blue',
-             'VT': 'violet',
-             'BN': 'brown',
+    'BK': 'black',
+    'WH': 'white',
+    'GY': 'grey',
+    'PK': 'pink',
+    'RD': 'red',
+    'OG': 'orange',
+    'YE': 'yellow',
+    'GN': 'green',
+    'TQ': 'turquoise',
+    'BU': 'blue',
+    'VT': 'violet',
+    'BN': 'brown',
+    'SL': 'slate',
+    'CU': 'bare copper',
+    'TI': 'tinned copper',
 }
 
+# TODO Help wanted! Need help translating colors/banded colors to german shortcodes
 color_ger = {
-             'BK': 'sw',
-             'WH': 'ws',
-             'GY': 'gr',
-             'PK': 'rs',
-             'RD': 'rt',
-             'OG': 'or',
-             'YE': 'ge',
-             'GN': 'gn',
-             'TQ': 'tk',
-             'BU': 'bl',
-             'VT': 'vi',
-             'BN': 'br',
+    'BK': 'sw',
+    'WH': 'ws',
+    'GY': 'gr',
+    'PK': 'rs',
+    'RD': 'rt',
+    'OG': 'or',
+    'YE': 'ge',
+    'GN': 'gn',
+    'TQ': 'tk',
+    'BU': 'bl',
+    'VT': 'vi',
+    'BN': 'br',
 }
 
+
+def get_color_hex(input):
+    if len(input) == 4:  # give wires with EXACTLY 2 colors that striped/banded look
+        input = input + input[:2]
+    output = ''
+    for i in range(0, len(input), 2):  # Split into 2 letter chunks
+        if input[i:i + 2] in color_hex:
+            output += color_hex[input[i:i + 2]]
+            if i + 2 != len(input):
+                output += ':'
+    if output == '':
+        output = _default_color
+    return output
+
+
 def translate_color(input, color_mode):
     if input == '':
         output = ''
@@ -58,9 +104,9 @@ def translate_color(input, color_mode):
         elif color_mode == 'FULL':
             output = color_full[input].upper()
         elif color_mode == 'hex':
-            output = color_hex[input].lower()
+            output = get_color_hex(input).lower()
         elif color_mode == 'HEX':
-            output = color_hex[input].upper()
+            output = get_color_hex(input).upper()
         elif color_mode == 'ger':
             output = color_ger[input].lower()
         elif color_mode == 'GER':