Desk top background colours.

Some time ago I was able to use the colour palette to achieve a more acceptable desktop background colour than that supplied by Apple. And I've now forgotten how I did it!! Strangely, none of the formal books seem to recognise that this offers a hugely pleasing alternative to Apple's solid colours.
Could anyone draft a step by step path to achieve this aim.

Hello
There is a way, but it's a little more complex than the usual "Mac way".
Create (or find) a 1-pixel-square transparent image (.png format is fine). If you can't locate one, here's one I made earlier: http://public.me.com/thecliftonfamily (download the 1x1.png file)
Save this file somewhere, and go into your Desktop Background chooser (through System Preferences - Desktop, or by right-clicking on your desktop). Now drag your 1x1 image into the image well (or browse for it). Here's the trick: change the "Fill" option next to the well to "Center". You will now see a colour box to the right - click it and it'll generate a colour wheel from which you can set the colour of your choosing.
Best,
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A few months ago, soon after I first bought my Mac, I managed to achieve a choice of the full spectrum of colours for my desk top background colour, ending up with a delightful shade of grass green. I've no idea how, but now, wanting a change I can't find anything in desk top / screen saver except the same old boring set of solid colors and I can't seem to access the spectrum ball at all in relation to desk top.
Incidentally, clicking on screen saver has of late resulted in a frozen screen and the beachball (Agh), necessitating the use of 'force quit' to return to normality.
Can anyone set out an uncomplicated route to help give a change to my desk top ? Big thank you in anticipation.

The background is just for the preview window.
The spectrum ball is a part of the built it colour menu, easily accessed with command shift C or show colours in various apps.
To get your apple green background using just apps available in Leopard.
Open TextEdit > Format > Show fonts which brings up the font menu with various options along the top of the window. Forth box from left contains a blank page icon > click on the blank page and choose your colour from the colour menu.
The TextEdit window will then be your colour > Make a big as possible > use command shift 3 to take a screen shot which will be on your desktop.
Double click screen shot which will open in preview > draw a cropping box with the curser as big as possible > Tools > Crop > Save in User > Pictures.
Access pictures folder from System prefs > Desktop >>
An easier way would be to use a graphics app but not as much fun
Maybe Paintbrush
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