Script that selects specific color coded layer?

Hi Guys, does anybody knows how to find a layer in the layers palette using its color coding ?
I've did this action for Photoshop for stacking layers on top of each other,basically it aligns one
layer to another regardless of their position and size.Here is a demo how it works: http://vimeo.com/13713886
The action searches for the target layer via its specific name, using a simple .jsx script.This way the layer order in your document doesn't matter.However I don't want the action to rely on layer name either and was thinking that It can find the layer via its color coding
I would be really glad if someone can write a script that searches trough all the layers in the layers palette and selects the color coded one.
Thank you.

This should do it...
selectAllLayers();
var selectedLayers = getSelectedLayersIdx();
for(var a=0;a< selectedLayers.length;a++){
 makeActiveByIndex( selectedLayers[a], false );
 if(colourMarkedLayer()) break;
function selectAllLayers() {
activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.layers[activeDocument.layers.length-1];
if(activeDocument.activeLayer.isBackgroundLayer)
activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.layers[activeDocument.layers.length-2];
var BL = activeDocument.activeLayer.name;
activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.layers[0];
 var desc5 = new ActionDescriptor();
 var ref3 = new ActionReference();
 ref3.putName( charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), BL);
 desc5.putReference( charIDToTypeID('null'), ref3 );
 desc5.putEnumerated( stringIDToTypeID('selectionModifier'), stringIDToTypeID('selectionModifierType'), stringIDToTypeID('addToSelectionContinuous') );
 desc5.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID('MkVs'), false );
 executeAction( charIDToTypeID('slct'), desc5, DialogModes.NO );
function getSelectedLayersIdx(){
 var selectedLayers = new Array;
 var ref = new ActionReference();
 ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Dcmn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
 var desc = executeActionGet(ref);
 if( desc.hasKey( stringIDToTypeID( 'targetLayers' ) ) ){
 desc = desc.getList( stringIDToTypeID( 'targetLayers' ));
 var c = desc.count
 var selectedLayers = new Array();
 for(var i=0;i<c;i++){
 try{
 activeDocument.backgroundLayer;
 selectedLayers.push( desc.getReference( i ).getIndex() );
 }catch(e){
 selectedLayers.push( desc.getReference( i ).getIndex()+1 );
 }else{
 var ref = new ActionReference();
 ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID("Prpr") , charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" ));
 ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
 try{
 activeDocument.backgroundLayer;
 selectedLayers.push( executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" ))-1);
 }catch(e){
 selectedLayers.push( executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" )));
 return selectedLayers;
function makeActiveByIndex( idx, visible ){
 var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
 var ref = new ActionReference();
 ref.putIndex(charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), idx)
 desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref );
 desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "MkVs" ), visible );
 executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "slct" ), desc, DialogModes.NO );
function colourMarkedLayer(){
 var ref = new ActionReference();
 ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
 var appDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
 if(appDesc.getEnumerationValue(stringIDToTypeID('color')) != 1315925605) return true;
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