the current invention discloses a method and apparatus and a computer program for editing the colors in a text line from a rotating color word selector on a personal desktop computer . the current invention comprises a select word button on the rotating color word selector . activating this button allows the user to select color data from the color library . the color date is shown on the select order bar display apparatus as a visual color image . the order of colors on the select order bar determines the color of the words in the text line .