Can we improve the boring color option offered by Apple?

I am presently evaluating the Mountain Lion software and found little to cheer about. Has anyone noticed how little control we have over the color preferences AGAIN? With Apple, the past leader in graphics and inituitive customer considerations, it is difficult to imagine why Apple has not done a better job in giving its customers more control over color options. Have you noticed how the grays Apple uses, go so well with white   -not-    they don't. Yet there still remains no options to change much color at all with respect to system colors-blue/silver and application controls over colors? When I switched from Gate's disaster to Apple, I was impressed and wondered why I had not done it sooner. Games I guess. PCs did have excellent control over colors in their setup configurations though! One of thr few redeeming traits.
My issue remains with the ability to make the screens more appealing and readable. It's a simple process as we have millions and millions of colors at our finger tips. Even third party designers have treated the lack of color as a sacred cow. Have I missed the point here? Is there something that ordinary customers can do to show more color? Should we have to get into programming to do this? Many people have complained about this with the Mac Pro in the past- easily checked with previous blogs' concerns. I asked Apple to change their philosophy on color absence, but, like others, it seems to have fallen on deaf ears and unconcerned Apple programmers.
Can anyone explain how to change the colors in both apps and system configurations? You would be my hero(s) if you could.

Apple is moving towards a sandboxed world.  All the apps that would allow OS customization are now banned from the Apple Store.  This is a security issue, but I agree Apple could offer more.
There are still some 3rd party apps that allow you customization over the desktop and menu, but those developers are complaining each release gets more restrictive.
Good luck on bringing color back to Mac 1984!

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