diff --git a/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp/Utility/Images/CubistImageProcessor.cs b/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp/Utility/Images/CubistImageProcessor.cs
index b3d5527..11e47e1 100644
--- a/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp/Utility/Images/CubistImageProcessor.cs
+++ b/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp/Utility/Images/CubistImageProcessor.cs
@@ -87,9 +87,8 @@ namespace OSCADSharp.Utility.Images
 
         private void simplifyColors(Bitmap img)
         {
-
             var simplifier = new ImageSimplifier(img.Width, img.Height, pixels);
-            simplifier.GlobalReduction(this.simplificationAmount);            
+            simplifier.BasicResample(this.simplificationAmount);            
         }        
 
         private void setColorArray(Bitmap img)
diff --git a/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp/Utility/Images/ImageSimplifier.cs b/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp/Utility/Images/ImageSimplifier.cs
index 08402a9..7bfd348 100644
--- a/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp/Utility/Images/ImageSimplifier.cs
+++ b/OSCADSharp/OSCADSharp/Utility/Images/ImageSimplifier.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,69 @@ namespace OSCADSharp.Utility.Images
             this.pixels = pixels;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Partitions shades of red/green/blue into buckets and simplifies colors by
+        /// preserving only the most commonly occurring hues of each.  SimplificationAmount determines
+        /// partition size.
+        /// 
+        /// Eg.  s = 50, numPartitions = 255/50, approximately 5 shades of each hue
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="simplificationAmount"></param>
+        internal void BasicResample(byte simplificationAmount)
+        {
+            if (simplificationAmount == 0)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            int[] reds = new int[256];
+            int[] greens = new int[256];
+            int[] blues = new int[256];
+
+
+            for (int x = 0; x < this.width; x++)
+            {
+                for (int y = 0; y < this.height; y++)
+                {
+                    var pixel = pixels[x, y];
+                    reds[pixel.R]++;
+                    greens[pixel.G]++;
+                    blues[pixel.B]++;
+                }
+            }
+
+            for (int x = 0; x < this.width; x++)
+            {
+                for (int y = 0; y < this.height; y++)
+                {
+                    var pixel = pixels[x, y];
+                    byte r = this.remapColor(reds, simplificationAmount, pixel.R);
+                    byte g = this.remapColor(blues, simplificationAmount, pixel.G); 
+                    byte b = this.remapColor(greens, simplificationAmount, pixel.B);
+
+                    pixels[x, y] = Color.FromArgb(pixel.A, r, g, b);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private byte remapColor(int[] hues, byte simplificationAmount, byte r)
+        {
+            int startIndex = (r / simplificationAmount) * simplificationAmount;
+            int maxVal = 0;
+            int indexOfMostCommonVal = startIndex;
+
+            for (int i = startIndex; i < startIndex + simplificationAmount && i < 256; i++)
+            {
+                if(hues[i] > maxVal)
+                {
+                    maxVal = hues[i];
+                    indexOfMostCommonVal = i;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return (byte)indexOfMostCommonVal;
+        }
+
         internal void GlobalReduction(byte simplificationAmount)
         {
             if (simplificationAmount == 0)