Aperture split-tone adjustment?

I just switched from using Adobe Lightroom beta 4 to Aperture 1.5. Is it just me or is there really no way to make duotone or split-tone conversions in Aperture? I've been able to get some great looks with this feature in Lightroom (which has been available since beta 1) similar to cross-processing, etc.
This seems an incredible oversight by Apple as I know that many wedding shooters and fine artists use split-toning all the time.
Am I missing something?
G5 Dual 2.0 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Thanks for your post. I actually found somewhat of a work-around to my problem. I'm not sure where the selective recolor adjustment is in Aperture but I was able to achieve a cross-process-type color adjustment by experimenting with the tint adjuster within the Exposure module. I adjusted shadows, highlights and mid-tones and am fairly happy with the result.
In order to apply this type of adjustment to a black and white image, I think you have to import one because, when you apply the monochrome mixer to convert your image to black and white, you're unable to apply different tones/tints to various tonalities of the image because the mixer over-rides the tint adjustment.
On another note, can anyone tell me how to apply a vignette adjustment in Aperture?

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Click to enlarge
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keypix wrote:
Does anybody know if it is possible to re-arrange the control bricks in Aperture.
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