Methods and apparatuses for controlling the appearance of a user interface

A method of controlling a graphical user interface of a data processing system, the method comprising:

• presenting a range of colors which appear to vary in a substantially continuous manner;
• receiving a user input selecting a color from said range of colors;
• automatically determining, based on said color from said range of colors, a plurality of colors for a corresponding plurality of user interface elements;
• displaying said plurality of user interface elements with said plurality of colors.

A machine readable medium containing executable computer program instructions which when executed by a data processing system cause said system to perform a method of controlling a graphical user interface of said data processing system, the method comprising:

• presenting a range of colors which appear to vary in a substantially continuous manner;
• receiving a user input selecting a color from said range of colors;
• automatically determining, based on said color from said range of colors, a plurality of colors for a corresponding plurality of user interface elements;
• displaying said plurality of user interface elements with said plurality of colors.

A data processing system of a graphical user interface, the data processing system comprising:

• means for presenting a range of colors which appear to vary in a substantially continuous manner;
• means for receiving a user input selecting a color from said range of colors;
• means for automatically determining, based on said color from said range of colors, a plurality of colors for a corresponding plurality of user interface elements;
• means for displaying said plurality of user interface elements with said plurality of colors.