diff --git a/lime/lime_image.py b/lime/lime_image.py
index 5c252944c..055d914d7 100644
--- a/lime/lime_image.py
+++ b/lime/lime_image.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from . import lime_base
 from .wrappers.scikit_image import SegmentationAlgorithm
 
+from skimage.filters import gaussian
 
 class ImageExplanation(object):
     def __init__(self, image, segments):
@@ -186,12 +187,17 @@ def explain_instance(self, image, classifier_fn, labels=(1,),
             raise e
 
         fudged_image = image.copy()
-        if hide_color is None:
+
+        if hide_color is 'blur':
+            fudged_image = gaussian(fudged_image, sigma=4, multichannel=True, preserve_range = True)
+
+        elif hide_color is None:
             for x in np.unique(segments):
                 fudged_image[segments == x] = (
                     np.mean(image[segments == x][:, 0]),
                     np.mean(image[segments == x][:, 1]),
                     np.mean(image[segments == x][:, 2]))
+
         else:
             fudged_image[:] = hide_color