diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/atmospherics.dm b/code/__DEFINES/atmospherics.dm
index d5c776954ac..fb5fe8ee57c 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/atmospherics.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/atmospherics.dm
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@
 #define FACTOR_GAS_VISIBLE_MAX				20
 /// Mole step for alpha updates. This means alpha can update at 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and so on
 #define MOLES_GAS_VISIBLE_STEP				0.25
+/// The total visible states
+#define TOTAL_VISIBLE_STATES (FACTOR_GAS_VISIBLE_MAX * (1 / MOLES_GAS_VISIBLE_STEP))
 
 //REACTIONS
 //return values for reactions (bitflags)
diff --git a/code/modules/atmospherics/environmental/LINDA_turf_tile.dm b/code/modules/atmospherics/environmental/LINDA_turf_tile.dm
index cbaeedef865..9b7eceb05be 100644
--- a/code/modules/atmospherics/environmental/LINDA_turf_tile.dm
+++ b/code/modules/atmospherics/environmental/LINDA_turf_tile.dm
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 		var/gas_meta = gas[GAS_META]
 		var/gas_overlay = gas_meta[META_GAS_OVERLAY]
 		if(gas_overlay && gas[MOLES] > gas_meta[META_GAS_MOLES_VISIBLE])
-			new_overlay_types += gas_overlay[min(FACTOR_GAS_VISIBLE_MAX, CEILING(gas[MOLES] / MOLES_GAS_VISIBLE_STEP, 1))]
+			new_overlay_types += gas_overlay[min(TOTAL_VISIBLE_STATES, CEILING(gas[MOLES] / MOLES_GAS_VISIBLE_STEP, 1))]
 
 	if (atmos_overlay_types)
 		for(var/overlay in atmos_overlay_types-new_overlay_types) //doesn't remove overlays that would only be added
diff --git a/code/modules/atmospherics/gasmixtures/gas_types.dm b/code/modules/atmospherics/gasmixtures/gas_types.dm
index 1b0228b7d51..1aae4814e8b 100644
--- a/code/modules/atmospherics/gasmixtures/gas_types.dm
+++ b/code/modules/atmospherics/gasmixtures/gas_types.dm
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(nonreactive_gases, typecacheof(list(/datum/gas/oxygen, /datum/g
 
 		gas_info[META_GAS_MOLES_VISIBLE] = initial(gas.moles_visible)
 		if(initial(gas.moles_visible) != null)
-			gas_info[META_GAS_OVERLAY] = new /list(FACTOR_GAS_VISIBLE_MAX)
-			for(var/i in 1 to FACTOR_GAS_VISIBLE_MAX)
-				gas_info[META_GAS_OVERLAY][i] = new /obj/effect/overlay/gas(initial(gas.gas_overlay), i * 255 / FACTOR_GAS_VISIBLE_MAX)
+			gas_info[META_GAS_OVERLAY] = new /list(TOTAL_VISIBLE_STATES)
+			for(var/i in 1 to TOTAL_VISIBLE_STATES)
+				gas_info[META_GAS_OVERLAY][i] = new /obj/effect/overlay/gas(initial(gas.gas_overlay), log(4, (i+0.4*TOTAL_VISIBLE_STATES) / (0.35*TOTAL_VISIBLE_STATES)) * 255)
 
 		gas_info[META_GAS_FUSION_POWER] = initial(gas.fusion_power)
 		gas_info[META_GAS_DANGER] = initial(gas.dangerous)