Yes I am proud!

As for the color picker, see the last post on page 4 that ends with ... to be continued.

Here is the key:
Let me save you the agony. Javascript is not modal. Which means, it won't wait for you to choose a color. It will execute the color picker and then do the second part quicker than you can even focus on the colors, no matter what strength your coffee is.
To understand this. Pick red. No change. Now pick green. It changes to red.
Now pick yellow. It changes to green.

The obvious way to fix this is to modify the color picker function, but:
//NOTE: Permission given to use this script in ANY kind of applications IF
// script code remains UNCHANGED and the anchor tag "powered by FCP"
// remains valid and visible to the user.
so it is still to be continued. I just need more time to come up with an inventive solution that is educational, instead of just a 'fix'