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Get a color wheel anywhere with Painter's Picker

painterpickerThe Mac color picking mechanism has historically been a strong point. The Mac color wheel was standardized, useful, and simple. Most apps that use it in OS X implement it properly, but that's not to say it can't be better. So Painter's Picker enables a color wheel in almost every app, and adds tools for choosing color schemes.

We just wrapped up a couple weeks' work on color theory in one of my classes, so I guess I'll be using this to recap some ideas. Painter's Picker lets you quickly see the primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. It'll help you see when colors will clash, or which will create harmonies. Very handy if you do design. Another simple yet effective app (for $15.85).
 

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So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do. Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game. The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...

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