Use Color Assistant (admittedly a trivial but light-weight effect) or similar filter as a Color correction/adjustment helper. Very helpful tip for those who miss Color Corrector 3-Way. You can turn off the effect by unchecking the Apply checkbox and just use it for the color picker with Color.
Download from:
http://sight-creations.com/free_stuff...
Sorry about the color picker thang... southerners speak by inflection -- they can say one thing inflected several different ways and mean entirely different things by it... take for example all the variations of "naked" to "*nekkid*" (italicized/emphasized.)