Patent ID: 8009177

Claim:
A method performed by one or more processes executing on a computer system, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of color bins in a user interface, each color bin representing a segment of a color spectrum, each color bin having a representative color that resides in the associated color spectrum segment, wherein each segment includes a plurality of color values, each representative color representing a color value at a location in the associated segment, and each color bin is selectable such that selecting a color bin enables varying colors in a content item corresponding to the color bin's associated segment; displaying in the user interface, a first user interface control configured to vary colors in the content item based on the selected color bin; and in response to input, displaying a plurality of user interface controls in the user interface, each user interface control associated with a segment of the color spectrum, each user interface control configured to vary colors in the content item corresponding to an associated color spectrum segment.