diff --git a/files/css/files.css b/files/css/files.css
index 7d0471bc26..4aaca82f12 100644
--- a/files/css/files.css
+++ b/files/css/files.css
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ span.extention, td.date { color:#999; }
 div.crumb { float:left; display:block; background:no-repeat right 0; padding:8px 1.5em 0 1em; height:28px; /*36-8*/ }
 div.crumb:last-child { font-weight:bold; }
 table tr.mouseOver td { background-color:#eee; }
-table th { height:2em; padding-left:.5em; color:#999; }
+table th { height:2em; padding:0 .5em; color:#999; }
 table th .name { float:left; margin-left:.5em; }
 table th.multiselect { background:#ddd; color:#000; font-weight:bold; }
 table th, table td { border-bottom:1px solid #ddd; text-align:left; font-weight:normal; }
diff --git a/files/js/filelist.js b/files/js/filelist.js
index 862fb1797a..359725cdc0 100644
--- a/files/js/filelist.js
+++ b/files/js/filelist.js
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ FileList={
 		}else{
 			simpleSize='Pending';
 		}
-		sizeColor = Math.round(200-Math.pow((size/(1024*1024)),2));
+		sizeColor = Math.round(200-size/1024*1024*2);
 		lastModifiedTime=Math.round(lastModified.getTime() / 1000);
-		modifiedColor=Math.round((Math.round((new Date()).getTime() / 1000)-lastModifiedTime)/60/60/24*5);
+		modifiedColor=Math.round((Math.round((new Date()).getTime() / 1000)-lastModifiedTime)/60/60/24*14);
 		html+='<td class="filesize" title="'+humanFileSize(size)+'" style="color:rgb('+sizeColor+','+sizeColor+','+sizeColor+')">'+simpleSize+'</td>';
 		html+='<td class="date" title="'+formatDate(lastModified)+'" style="color:rgb('+modifiedColor+','+modifiedColor+','+modifiedColor+')">'+relative_modified_date(lastModified.getTime() / 1000)+'</td>';
 		html+='</tr>';
diff --git a/files/templates/part.list.php b/files/templates/part.list.php
index 8f55440fe4..22edd9351c 100644
--- a/files/templates/part.list.php
+++ b/files/templates/part.list.php
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 		<span id="emptyfolder" <?php if(count($_['files'])) echo 'style="display:none;"';?>>Nothing in here. Upload something!</span>
 		<?php foreach($_['files'] as $file):
 			$simple_file_size = simple_file_size($file['size']);
-			$simple_size_color = 200-intval($file['size']/(1024*1024)*2); // the bigger the file, the darker the shade of grey
+			$simple_size_color = intval(200-$file['size']/1024*1024*2); // the bigger the file, the darker the shade of grey; megabytes*2
 			if($simple_size_color<0) $simple_size_color = 0;
 			$relative_modified_date = relative_modified_date($file['mtime']);
-			$relative_date_color = round((time()-$file['mtime'])/60/60/24*14); // the older the file, the brighter the shade of grey
+			$relative_date_color = round((time()-$file['mtime'])/60/60/24*14); // the older the file, the brighter the shade of grey; days*14
 			if($relative_date_color>200) $relative_date_color = 200; ?>
 			<tr data-file="<?php echo $file['name'];?>" data-type="<?php echo ($file['type'] == 'dir')?'dir':'file'?>" data-mime="<?php echo $file['mime']?>" data-size='<?php echo $file['size'];?>'>
 				<td class="filename">