Choose Any Color

Another cool trick that I showed someone the other day that only becomes useful if you've seen it in action. When you are choosing a color for something (like a background for your web page or a presentation in Power Point or Keynote) you'll often see a little magnifying glass next to the colors (see image below). If you have something on your screen and you want to match your background to that color, like the color in a picture on your web site, simply click on the little magnifying glass, hover over the color in the picture you want, and click the mouse. That color will now appear on whatever you had selected to change the color of. Confused? Just play with the little tool and see how it works.