Kolor is a CDEV (control panel) for adding colorization to various UI
elements on the then-new (and color-capable) Macintosh II.
From the Read Me file "Kolor Info":
> Kolor is a program for Macintosh II owners. It allows you to change
> the default colors associated with:
> ? Controls (buttons, check boxes, radio buttons, and scroll bars)
> ? Windows
> ? Menus
> ? Hiliting (most notably used for text hiliting)
>
> Kolor is used in conjunction with the Control Panel. It creates
> resources which are used by the various Managers as default color
> tables if an application hasn't supplied them. As of this writing,
> very few programs written for the Macintosh "colorize' their own
> resources, thus allowing you to customize your system to suit your
> tastes.
>
> [...]
>
> Once you've finalized your color selections, the screen will be
> refreshed to reflect your new choices. If you can't see your changes
> right away, don't panic. Chances are that the application you're
> currently running has its own color tables, and thus ignores the
> system defaults which you've been editing.
At the time of its development, Kolor author Russ Wetmore was an
employee at Apple, which gave him permission at that time to
distribute it; he did so free of charge.
