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A friend has sent you a link to the following article: http://mac360.com/index.php/mac360/comments/134/ First, let me point out that I like a bargain and have a number of excellent tools I use every day that didn’t cost me a nickel. They’re free. That’s courtesy of a Mac community unlike anything you’ll find in the Windows world (now crumbling as I write). Then, let me reiterate that bargain mentality with news that I also try and buy so-called shareware (when will that term go away?), or utility applications that provide a function not available in mainstream “suite” applications or within Mac OS X. Finally, these three color utilities are easily downloaded, easily tried, and offer functions that vary enough between them that I’m willing to use all three, one of them I paid for, but found it useful enough that it paid for itself the second time I double-clicked. Color is a personal thing. For those of us who do graphics and design, color is waaaaay more important than those who, well, just don’t understand. That being said, I’ve got a good eye for what I don’t like, but it’s not as good for knowing exactly what I want. In fact, I truly admire those graphic geniuses who seem to have an “eye” for color that comes from another universe (I mean that in a good way). They’re the Mac graphic guys who make color really look, well, colorful and classy. Most of what I do is just colorful, but would be much worse without these three tools. Remarkable though it may seem to some, color blends in a web site design, a graphic, or other “color” elements need to match certain standards. These three tools will help you become and maintain a professional color “look” on your web sites, graphics, and more. • Color Designer (free, easy to use, limited features) • iPick (free and handy, simple to use, enough features) • Color Consultant Pro (is it possible to be better than this?)