diff --git a/pybadges/__init__.py b/pybadges/__init__.py
index e3c6d61..6ae390c 100644
--- a/pybadges/__init__.py
+++ b/pybadges/__init__.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 import base64
 import imghdr
 import mimetypes
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import List, Optional
 import urllib.parse
 from xml.dom import minidom
 
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
 from pybadges import precalculated_text_measurer
 from pybadges.version import __version__
 
+try:
+    from pybadges.trend import trend
+except:
+    trend = None
+
 _JINJA2_ENVIRONMENT = jinja2.Environment(
     trim_blocks=True,
     lstrip_blocks=True,
@@ -119,13 +124,19 @@ def badge(
     right_link: Optional[str] = None,
     whole_link: Optional[str] = None,
     logo: Optional[str] = None,
-    left_color: str = '#555',
+    bg_color: str = '#555',
+    left_color: Optional[str] = None,
     right_color: str = '#007ec6',
     measurer: Optional[text_measurer.TextMeasurer] = None,
     embed_logo: bool = False,
     whole_title: Optional[str] = None,
     left_title: Optional[str] = None,
     right_title: Optional[str] = None,
+    right_image: Optional[str] = None,
+    embed_right_image: bool = False,
+    show_trend: Optional[List[int]] = None,
+    trend_color: Optional[str] = None,
+    trend_width: Optional[int] = 1,
 ) -> str:
     """Creates a github-style badge as an SVG image.
 
@@ -148,16 +159,13 @@ def badge(
             selected. If set then left_link and right_right may not be set.
         logo: A url representing a logo that will be displayed inside the
             badge. Can be a data URL e.g. "data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg..."
-        left_color: The color of the part of the badge containing the left-hand
-            text. Can be an valid CSS color
+        bg_color: The background color of the badge. Default: #555. Can be an valid CSS color
             (see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color) or a
             color name defined here:
             https://github.com/badges/shields/blob/master/lib/colorscheme.json
+        left_color: The color of the part of the badge containing the left text. If not specified, bg_color is used
         right_color: The color of the part of the badge containing the
-            right-hand text. Can be an valid CSS color
-            (see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color) or a
-            color name defined here:
-            https://github.com/badges/shields/blob/master/lib/colorscheme.json
+            right-hand text. Default: #007ec6 (blue)
         measurer: A text_measurer.TextMeasurer that can be used to measure the
             width of left_text and right_text.
         embed_logo: If True then embed the logo image directly in the badge.
@@ -173,6 +181,16 @@ def badge(
         right_title: The title attribute to associate with the right part of
             the badge.
             See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Element/title.
+        right_image: A url representing a image which can be embedded before right_text.
+            Can be a data URL e.g. "data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg..."
+        embed_right_image: If True, the right image is embedded into the badge
+            itself and saves an additional HTTP request. See embed_logo.
+        show_trend: accepts comma separated integers (least to most recent), and plots a
+            trend line showing variation of that data. If both show_trend and right_image
+            are passed, ValueError is raised. Needs additional dependencies installed:
+            numpy and drawSvg.
+        trend_color: color of the trend line. If not supplied, right_color is used.
+        trend_width: stroke width of the trend line.
     """
     if measurer is None:
         measurer = (
@@ -181,11 +199,28 @@ def badge(
     if (left_link or right_link) and whole_link:
         raise ValueError(
             'whole_link may not bet set with left_link or right_link')
+
+    if show_trend and right_image:
+        raise ValueError('right-image and trend cannot be used together.')
+
+    if show_trend:
+        if trend is None:
+            raise ValueError('Additional dependencies not installed.')
+
+        right_image = trend(
+            samples=show_trend,
+            stroke_color=(trend_color or right_color),
+            stroke_width=trend_width,
+        )
+
     template = _JINJA2_ENVIRONMENT.get_template('badge-template-full.svg')
 
     if logo and embed_logo:
         logo = _embed_image(logo)
 
+    if right_image and embed_right_image:
+        right_image = _embed_image(right_image)
+
     svg = template.render(
         left_text=left_text,
         right_text=right_text,
@@ -195,11 +230,13 @@ def badge(
         right_link=right_link,
         whole_link=whole_link,
         logo=logo,
+        bg_color=_NAME_TO_COLOR.get(bg_color, bg_color),
         left_color=_NAME_TO_COLOR.get(left_color, left_color),
         right_color=_NAME_TO_COLOR.get(right_color, right_color),
         whole_title=whole_title,
         left_title=left_title,
         right_title=right_title,
+        right_image=right_image,
     )
     xml = minidom.parseString(svg)
     _remove_blanks(xml)
diff --git a/pybadges/__main__.py b/pybadges/__main__.py
index faf6fb0..4e05b12 100644
--- a/pybadges/__main__.py
+++ b/pybadges/__main__.py
@@ -27,10 +27,16 @@
 
 
 def main():
+
+    def csv(values):
+        return [int(value) for value in values.split(",")]
+
+    def boolean(value):
+        return value.lower() in ['y', 'yes', 't', 'true', '1', '']
+
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         'pybadges',
         description='generate a github-style badge given some text and colors')
-
     parser.add_argument(
         '--left-text',
         default='license',
@@ -52,14 +58,19 @@ def main():
         default=None,
         help='the url to redirect to when the right-hand of the badge is ' +
         'clicked')
+    parser.add_argument('--bg-color',
+                        default='#555',
+                        help='the background color of the badge. Default: #555')
     parser.add_argument(
         '--left-color',
-        default='#555',
-        help='the background color of the left-hand-side of the badge')
+        default='None',
+        help='the background color of the badge containing the left text.'
+        ' If not provided, bg-color is used')
     parser.add_argument(
         '--right-color',
         default='#007ec6',
-        help='the background color of the right-hand-side of the badge')
+        help='the background color of the right-hand-side of the badge.'
+        ' Default: #007ec6')
     parser.add_argument(
         '--logo',
         default=None,
@@ -67,13 +78,25 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument(
         '--embed-logo',
         nargs='?',
-        type=lambda x: x.lower() in ['y', 'yes', 't', 'true', '1', ''],
+        type=boolean,
         const='yes',
         default='no',
         help='if the logo is specified then include the image data directly in '
         'the badge (this will prevent a URL fetch and may work around the '
         'fact that some browsers do not fetch external image references); '
         'only works if --logo is a HTTP/HTTPS URI or a file path')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--right-image',
+        default=None,
+        help='a URI reference to an extra image to be displayed in the badge')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--embed-right-image',
+        nargs='?',
+        type=boolean,
+        const='yes',
+        default='no',
+        help='embed right image into the badge. See embed-logo for more details'
+    )
     parser.add_argument('--browser',
                         action='store_true',
                         default=False,
@@ -106,6 +129,23 @@ def main():
         default=None,
         help='the title to associate with the right part of the badge. See '
         'https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Element/title')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--show-trend',
+        default=None,
+        type=csv,
+        help='accepts comma separated integers (least to most recent) and'
+        ' plots a trend line showing variation of that data. If both'
+        ' --show-trend is passed, right image should not be used. It needs'
+        ' additional dependencies installed: drawSvg and numpy.')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--trend-color',
+        default=None,
+        help='the color of the trend-line. if not supplied, it is plotted'
+        ' in the same color as right-color')
+    parser.add_argument('--trend-width',
+                        type=int,
+                        default=1,
+                        help='the width of the trend-line. default: 1')
     parser.add_argument(
         '-v',
         '--version',
@@ -118,6 +158,10 @@ def main():
               '--left-link or --right-link',
               file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(1)
+    if args.show_trend and args.right_image:
+        print('argument --right-image: cannot be used with --show-trend',
+              file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
 
     measurer = None
     if args.use_pil_text_measurer:
@@ -129,19 +173,27 @@ def main():
         from pybadges import pil_text_measurer
         measurer = pil_text_measurer.PilMeasurer(args.deja_vu_sans_path)
 
-    badge = pybadges.badge(left_text=args.left_text,
-                           right_text=args.right_text,
-                           left_link=args.left_link,
-                           right_link=args.right_link,
-                           whole_link=args.whole_link,
-                           left_color=args.left_color,
-                           right_color=args.right_color,
-                           logo=args.logo,
-                           measurer=measurer,
-                           embed_logo=args.embed_logo,
-                           whole_title=args.whole_title,
-                           left_title=args.left_title,
-                           right_title=args.right_title)
+    badge = pybadges.badge(
+        left_text=args.left_text,
+        right_text=args.right_text,
+        left_link=args.left_link,
+        right_link=args.right_link,
+        whole_link=args.whole_link,
+        bg_color=args.bg_color,
+        left_color=args.left_color,
+        right_color=args.right_color,
+        logo=args.logo,
+        measurer=measurer,
+        embed_logo=args.embed_logo,
+        whole_title=args.whole_title,
+        left_title=args.left_title,
+        right_title=args.right_title,
+        right_image=args.right_image,
+        embed_right_image=args.embed_right_image,
+        show_trend=args.show_trend,
+        trend_color=args.trend_color,
+        trend_width=args.trend_width,
+    )
 
     if args.browser:
         _, badge_path = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix='.svg')
diff --git a/pybadges/badge-template-full.svg b/pybadges/badge-template-full.svg
index 2094fee..469a4d6 100644
--- a/pybadges/badge-template-full.svg
+++ b/pybadges/badge-template-full.svg
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {% set logo_width = 14 if logo else 0 %}
 {% set logo_padding = 3 if (logo and left_text) else 0 %}
-{% set left_width = left_text_width + 10 + logo_width + logo_padding %}
+{% set image_width = 107 if right_image else 0 %}
+{% set left_width = image_width + left_text_width + 10 + logo_width + logo_padding %}
 {% set right_width = right_text_width + 10 %}
 <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="{{ left_width + right_width }}" height="20">
   {% if whole_title %}
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@
   </clipPath>
 
   <g clip-path="url(#round)">
-    <rect width="{{ left_width }}" height="20" fill="{{ left_color }}">
+    <rect width="{{ left_width }}" height="20" fill="{{ bg_color }}">
       {% if left_title %}
         <title>{{ left_title }}</title>
       {% endif %}
@@ -26,20 +27,26 @@
         <title>{{ right_title }}</title>
       {% endif %}
     </rect>
+    {% if left_color %}
+        <rect x="{{ logo_width + 2*logo_padding }}" width="{{ left_text_width + 7 }}" height="20" fill="{{ left_color }}"/>
+    {% endif %}
     <rect width="{{ left_width + right_width }}" height="20" fill="url(#smooth)"/>
   </g>
 
   <g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="DejaVu Sans,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" font-size="110">
     {% if logo %}
-      <image x="5" y="3" width="{{ logo_width}}" height="14" xlink:href="{{ logo}}"/>
+      <image x="{{ logo_padding }}" y="3" width="{{ logo_width }}" height="14" xlink:href="{{ logo }}"/>
+    {% endif %}
+    <text x="{{ (((left_width+logo_width+logo_padding-image_width)/2)+1)*10 }}" y="150" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3" transform="scale(0.1)" textLength="{{ (left_width-(10+logo_width+logo_padding+image_width))*10 }}" lengthAdjust="spacing">{{ left_text }}</text>
+    <text x="{{ (((left_width+logo_width+logo_padding-image_width)/2)+1)*10 }}" y="140" transform="scale(0.1)" textLength="{{ (left_width-(10+logo_width+logo_padding+image_width))*10 }}" lengthAdjust="spacing">{{ left_text }}</text>
+    {% if right_image %}
+      <image x="{{ left_width-image_width }}" y="3" width="{{ image_width }}" height="14" xlink:href="{{ right_image }}"/>
     {% endif %}
-    <text x="{{ (((left_width+logo_width+logo_padding)/2)+1)*10 }}" y="150" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3" transform="scale(0.1)" textLength="{{ (left_width-(10+logo_width+logo_padding))*10 }}" lengthAdjust="spacing">{{ left_text }}</text>
-    <text x="{{ (((left_width+logo_width+logo_padding)/2)+1)*10 }}" y="140" transform="scale(0.1)" textLength="{{ (left_width-(10+logo_width+logo_padding))*10 }}" lengthAdjust="spacing">{{ left_text }}</text>
     <text x="{{ (left_width+right_width/2-1)*10 }}" y="150" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3" transform="scale(0.1)" textLength="{{ (right_width-10)*10 }}" lengthAdjust="spacing">{{ right_text }}</text>
     <text x="{{ (left_width+right_width/2-1)*10 }}" y="140" transform="scale(0.1)" textLength="{{ (right_width-10)*10 }}" lengthAdjust="spacing">{{ right_text}}</text>
 
   {% if left_link or whole_link %}
-    <a xlink:href="{{ left_link or wholelink }}">
+    <a xlink:href="{{ left_link or whole_link }}">
       <rect width="{{ left_width }}" height="20" fill="rgba(0,0,0,0)"/>
     </a>
   {% endif %}
diff --git a/pybadges/trend.py b/pybadges/trend.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abb2a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pybadges/trend.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+from typing import Optional, List, Tuple
+
+import drawSvg as draw
+import numpy as np
+
+import pybadges
+
+HEIGHT = 13
+WIDTH = 107
+X_OFFSET = 7
+Y_OFFSET = 1
+
+
+def normalize(arr: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
+    max_arr = np.max(arr)
+    if max_arr != 0:
+        arr /= max_arr
+    return arr
+
+
+def fit_data(samples: List[int]) -> Tuple[List[int], List[int]]:
+    width = WIDTH - X_OFFSET
+    N = int(width / len(samples))
+    y = np.repeat(samples, N)
+    xp = np.linspace(start=X_OFFSET, stop=width, num=len(y))
+    yp = normalize(np.poly1d(np.polyfit(xp, y, 15))(xp))
+    yp[yp > 0] *= (HEIGHT - 2)
+    return xp, yp
+
+
+def trend(samples: List[int], stroke_color: str, stroke_width: int) -> str:
+    canvas = draw.Drawing(WIDTH, HEIGHT, origin=(0, -Y_OFFSET))
+    path = draw.Path(
+        fill="transparent",
+        stroke=pybadges._NAME_TO_COLOR.get(stroke_color, stroke_color),
+        stroke_width=stroke_width,
+        stroke_linejoin="round",
+    )
+
+    xp, yp = fit_data(samples)
+    path.M(xp[0], yp[0])
+    for x, y in zip(xp[1:], yp[1:]):
+        path.L(x, y)
+    canvas.append(path)
+
+    return canvas.asDataUri()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0d8160b..79dc623 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ def replace_relative_with_absolute(match):
     install_requires=['Jinja2>=2.9.0,<3', 'requests>=2.9.0,<3'],
     extras_require={
         'pil-measurement': ['Pillow>=5,<6'],
+        'trend': ['drawsvg>=1.6.0', 'numpy>=1.19.0'],
         'dev': [
             'fonttools>=3.26', 'nox', 'Pillow>=5', 'pytest>=3.6', 'xmldiff>=2.4'
         ],
diff --git a/tests/test-badges.json b/tests/test-badges.json
index f2bc92a..10bb3ae 100644
--- a/tests/test-badges.json
+++ b/tests/test-badges.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "file_name": "complete.svg",
     "left_text": "complete",
     "right_text": "example",
-    "left_color": "green",
+    "bg_color": "green",
     "right_color": "#fb3",
     "left_link": "http://www.complete.com/",
     "right_link": "http://www.example.com",
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     "file_name": "complete.svg",
     "left_text": "complete",
     "right_text": "example",
-    "left_color": "green",
+    "bg_color": "green",
     "right_color": "#fb3",
     "left_link": "http://www.complete.com/",
     "right_link": "http://www.example.com",
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
     "file_name": "tests.svg",
     "left_text": "tests",
     "right_text": "231 passed, 1 failed, 1 skipped",
-    "left_color": "blue",
+    "bg_color": "blue",
     "right_color": "orange"
   }
 ]