diff --git a/button.go b/button.go
index bf36f23..24dcd49 100644
--- a/button.go
+++ b/button.go
@@ -88,3 +88,28 @@ func CreateFontButton(box *GuiBox, action string) *GuiButton {
 	})
 	return &newGB
 }
+
+func CreateColorButton(box *GuiBox, custom func(*GuiButton), name string, values interface {}) *GuiButton {
+        // create a 'fake' button entry for the mouse clicks
+	var newCB	GuiButton
+	newCB.Name	= name
+	newCB.CB	= ui.NewColorButton()
+	newCB.Box	= box
+	newCB.Custom	= custom
+	newCB.Values	= values
+
+	Data.AllButtons	= append(Data.AllButtons, &newCB)
+
+	newCB.CB.OnChanged(func (*ui.ColorButton) {
+		log.Println("ColorButton.OnChanged() START Color Button Click")
+		r, g, b, a := newCB.CB.Color()
+		log.Println("ColorButton.OnChanged() Color() =", r, g, b, a)
+		if (newCB.Custom != nil) {
+			newCB.Custom(&newCB)
+		} else if (Data.MouseClick != nil) {
+			Data.MouseClick(&newCB)
+		}
+	})
+	box.UiBox.Append(newCB.CB, false)
+	return &newCB
+}
diff --git a/color.go b/color.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf4a362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/color.go
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package gui
+
+//
+// convert between 'standard' golang Color and andlabs/ui Color
+//
+
+// import "log"
+// import "fmt"
+import "image/color"
+
+import "github.com/andlabs/ui"
+import _ "github.com/andlabs/ui/winmanifest"
+
+func libuiColorToGOlangColor(rgba color.RGBA) ui.TableColor {
+	/* a hack to see if colors work differently on macos or windows 
+	if (rgba.R == 72) {
+		log.Println("SETTING COLOR TO NIL")
+		log.Println("SETTING COLOR TO NIL")
+		log.Println("SETTING COLOR TO NIL")
+		return ui.TableColor{}
+	}
+	*/
+	return ui.TableColor{float64(rgba.R) / 256, float64(rgba.G) / 256, float64(rgba.B) / 256, float64(rgba.A) / 256}
+}
+
+/*
+func golangColorGOlibuiColorTo (ui.TableColor) (rgba color.RGBA) {
+	color.RGBA{float64(, 100, 200, 100}
+	return ui.TableColor{float64(rgba.R) / 256, float64(rgba.G) / 256, float64(rgba.B) / 256, float64(rgba.A) / 256}
+}
+*/
diff --git a/debug.go b/debug.go
index a8cf03c..5c25248 100644
--- a/debug.go
+++ b/debug.go
@@ -41,15 +41,9 @@ func DumpBoxes() {
 			log.Println("gui.DumpBoxes()\tWindow.UiTab =", window.UiTab)
 			pages := window.UiTab.NumPages()
 			log.Println("gui.DumpBoxes()\tWindow.UiTab.NumPages() =", pages)
-			for i := 0; i < pages; i++ {
-				log.Println("gui.DumpBoxes()\t\tWindow.UiTab.Margined(", i, ") =")
-				log.Println(window.UiTab.Margined(i))
-				/*
-				if (window.UiTab.Margined(i)) {
-					window.UiTab.SetMargined(i, false)
-				}
-				*/
-			}
+			// for i := 0; i < pages; i++ {
+			// 	log.Println("gui.DumpBoxes()\t\tWindow.UiTab.Margined(", i, ") =", window.UiTab.Margined(i))
+			// }
 			// tmp := spew.NewDefaultConfig()
 			// tmp.MaxDepth = 2
 			// tmp.Dump(window.UiTab)
@@ -60,7 +54,7 @@ func DumpBoxes() {
 		}
 	}
 	for i, window := range Data.Windows {
-		log.Println("gui.DumpBoxes() Data.Windows", i, "Name =", window.Name)
+		log.Println("gui.DumpBoxes() Data.Windows", i, "Name =", window.Name, "TabNumber =", window.TabNumber)
 		for name, abox := range window.BoxMap {
 			log.Printf("gui.DumpBoxes() \tBOX mapname=%-12s abox.Name=%-12s", name, abox.Name)
 			if (name == "MAINBOX") {
@@ -74,7 +68,7 @@ func DumpBoxes() {
 			if (name == "DEBUG") {
 				log.Println("\t\twatchGUI() BOX abox =", reflect.TypeOf(abox))
 				win := abox.Window
-				log.Println("\t\twatchGUI() BOX win =", reflect.TypeOf(win))
+				log.Println("\t\twatchGUI() BOX win =",  reflect.TypeOf(win))
 				area := win.Area
 				log.Println("\t\twatchGUI() BOX area =", reflect.TypeOf(area), area.UiArea)
 				// spew.Dump(area.UiArea)
diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 656ece3..d4f41f2 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ type GuiWindow struct {
 	Width		int
 	Height		int
 	Axis		int		// does it add items to the X or Y axis
+	TabNumber	int		// the andlabs/ui tab index
 
 	// the callback function to make the window contents
 	MakeWindow	func(*GuiWindow) *GuiBox
@@ -100,10 +101,12 @@ type GuiButton struct {
 	// a callback function for the main application
 	Custom		func (*GuiButton)
 	Values		interface {}
+	Color		color.RGBA
 
 	// andlabs/ui abstraction mapping
 	B		*ui.Button
 	FB		*ui.FontButton
+	CB		*ui.ColorButton
 }
 
 // text entry fields
diff --git a/tableCallbacks.go b/tableCallbacks.go
index 954a832..966f173 100644
--- a/tableCallbacks.go
+++ b/tableCallbacks.go
@@ -29,18 +29,6 @@ func (mh *TableData) ColumnTypes(m *ui.TableModel) []ui.TableValue {
 	return mh.generatedColumnTypes
 }
 
-func libuiColorToGOlangColor(rgba color.RGBA) ui.TableColor {
-	/* a hack to see if colors work differently on macos or windows 
-	if (rgba.R == 72) {
-		log.Println("SETTING COLOR TO NIL")
-		log.Println("SETTING COLOR TO NIL")
-		log.Println("SETTING COLOR TO NIL")
-		return ui.TableColor{}
-	}
-	*/
-	return ui.TableColor{float64(rgba.R) / 256, float64(rgba.G) / 256, float64(rgba.B) / 256, float64(rgba.A) / 256}
-}
-
 // TODO: Figure out why this is being called 1000 times a second (10 times for each row & column)
 // Nevermind this TODO. Who gives a shit. This is a really smart way to treat the OS toolkits
 func (mh *TableData) CellValue(m *ui.TableModel, row, column int) ui.TableValue {