diff --git a/lib/DDG/Goodie/RgbColor.pm b/lib/DDG/Goodie/RgbColor.pm
index 64b474ef1..96b26bb98 100644
--- a/lib/DDG/Goodie/RgbColor.pm
+++ b/lib/DDG/Goodie/RgbColor.pm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use DDG::Goodie;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-use List::Util qw(first);
+use List::Util qw(first sum);
 use Color::Library;
 use Color::RGB::Util qw(
     mix_2_rgb_colors
@@ -106,6 +106,17 @@ sub right_decimal_from_amount {
     }
 }
 
+sub normalize_amounts_for_template {
+    my ($type, @amounts) = @_;
+    if ($type eq 'part') {
+        my $tot = sum @amounts;
+        @amounts = map { ($_ / $tot) } @amounts;
+    } elsif ($type eq 'percent') {
+        @amounts = map { $_ / 100 } @amounts;
+    }
+    return @amounts;
+}
+
 ###############
 #  Relevancy  #
 ###############
@@ -186,15 +197,14 @@ sub mix_colors {
     my $c2 = normalize_color($+{c});
     my $a2 = $+{a};
     my $pct = 0.5;
-    my $amount_type = 'percent';
-    my $amt1 = 50;
-    my $amt2 = 50;
+    my $amt1 = 0.5;
+    my $amt2 = 0.5;
     if ($a1 // $a2) {
         ($amt1, my $t1) = amount_type_from_text($a1);
         ($amt2, my $t2) = amount_type_from_text($a2);
         return unless $t1 eq $t2;
-        $amount_type = $t1;
         $pct = right_decimal_from_amount($amt1, $amt2, $t1) or return;
+        ($amt1, $amt2) = normalize_amounts_for_template($t1, $amt1, $amt2);
     }
     my %data = (
         subtitle_prefix => 'Mix ',
@@ -202,7 +212,6 @@ sub mix_colors {
             { color => $c1, amount => $amt1, },
             { color => $c2, amount => $amt2, },
         )],
-        amount_type => $amount_type,
     );
     my %result;
     my $color = normalize_color_for_template(mix_2_rgb_colors($c1, $c2, $pct));
diff --git a/t/RgbColor.t b/t/RgbColor.t
index 88a3cc903..2b4764330 100644
--- a/t/RgbColor.t
+++ b/t/RgbColor.t
@@ -40,11 +40,10 @@ sub build_answer_mix {
     my $inps = $params{input_colors};
     do {
         my $i = 0;
-        map { $inps->[$i] = { amount => 50, %{$_} }; $i++ }
+        map { $inps->[$i] = { amount => 0.5, %{$_} }; $i++ }
             @{$params{input_colors}}
     };
     $params{input_colors} = $inps;
-    $params{amount_type} //= 'percent';
 
     build_standard_builder('Mix ')->(%params);
 }
@@ -98,14 +97,14 @@ my $black = {
     name => 'black',
 };
 
-my $black_9prt = { %$black, amount => 9 };
+my $black_9prt = { %$black, amount => 0.9 };
 
 my $white = {
     hex  => '#ffffff',
     name => 'white',
 };
 
-my $white_1prt = { %$white, amount => 1 };
+my $white_1prt = { %$white, amount => 0.1 };
 
 my $grey = {
     hex  => '#7f7f7f',
@@ -170,7 +169,6 @@ my $tc_mix_black_white = build_test('mix',
 my $tc_mix_black_white_prt_9_1 = build_test('mix',
     input_colors => [$black_9prt, $white_1prt],
     result_color => $black_9_white_1,
-    amount_type  => 'part',
 );
 
 my $tc_mix_pink_blue = build_test('mix',