+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class ColourSelect(wx.BitmapButton):
+    def __init__(self, parent, id, label="", colour=wx.BLACK,
+                 pos=wx.DefaultPosition, size=wx.DefaultSize,
+                 callback=None, style=0):
+        if label:
+            w, h = parent.GetTextExtent(label)
+            w += 6
+            h += 6
+        else:
+            w, h = 20, 20
+        wx.BitmapButton.__init__(self, parent, id, wx.EmptyBitmap(w,h),
+                                 pos=pos, size=size, style=style|wx.BU_AUTODRAW)
+
+        if type(colour) == type( () ):
+            colour = wx.Colour(*colour)
+        self.colour = colour
+        self.SetLabel(label)
+        self.callback = callback
+        bmp = self.MakeBitmap()
+        self.SetBitmap(bmp)
+        parent.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, self.OnClick, self)
+
+
+    def GetColour(self):
+        return self.colour
+
+    def GetValue(self):
+        return self.colour
+
+    def SetValue(self, colour):
+        self.SetColour(colour)
+
+    def SetColour(self, colour):
+        if type(colour) == tuple:
+            colour = wx.Colour(*colour)
+        if type(colour) == str:
+            colour = wx.NamedColour(colour)
+            
+        self.colour = colour
+        bmp = self.MakeBitmap()
+        self.SetBitmap(bmp)
+
+
+    def SetLabel(self, label):
+        self.label = label
+
+    def GetLabel(self):
+        return self.label
+
+
+    def MakeBitmap(self):
+        bdr = 8
+        width, height = self.GetSize()
+
+        # yes, this is weird, but it appears to work around a bug in wxMac
+        if "wxMac" in wx.PlatformInfo and width == height:
+            height -= 1
+            
+        bmp = wx.EmptyBitmap(width-bdr, height-bdr)
+        dc = wx.MemoryDC()
+        dc.SelectObject(bmp)
+        dc.SetFont(self.GetFont())
+        label = self.GetLabel()
+        # Just make a little colored bitmap
+        dc.SetBackground(wx.Brush(self.colour))
+        dc.Clear()
+
+        if label:
+            # Add a label to it
+            avg = reduce(lambda a, b: a + b, self.colour.Get()) / 3
+            fcolour = avg > 128 and wx.BLACK or wx.WHITE
+            dc.SetTextForeground(fcolour)
+            dc.DrawLabel(label, (0,0, width-bdr, height-bdr),
+                         wx.ALIGN_CENTER)
+            
+        dc.SelectObject(wx.NullBitmap)
+        return bmp
+
+
+    def SetBitmap(self, bmp):
+        self.SetBitmapLabel(bmp)
+        self.SetBitmapSelected(bmp)
+        self.SetBitmapDisabled(bmp)
+        self.SetBitmapFocus(bmp)
+        self.SetBitmapSelected(bmp)
+        self.Refresh()
+