diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/ShowColorPickerAction.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/ShowColorPickerAction.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dd0ac176e73d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/ShowColorPickerAction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2012 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.intellij.ui;
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnAction;
+import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnActionEvent;
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
+import com.intellij.openapi.wm.IdeFrame;
+import com.intellij.openapi.wm.WindowManager;
+
+/**
+ * @author Konstantin Bulenkov
+ */
+public class ShowColorPickerAction extends AnAction {
+  @Override
+  public void actionPerformed(AnActionEvent e) {
+    final Project project = e.getProject();
+    if (project != null) {
+      final IdeFrame frame = WindowManager.getInstance().getIdeFrame(project);
+      if (frame != null) {
+        final ColorPicker.ColorPickerDialog picker = new ColorPicker.ColorPickerDialog(frame.getComponent(), "Color Picker", null, true);
+        picker.setModal(false);
+        picker.show();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/idea/PlatformActions.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/idea/PlatformActions.xml
index f0449c7907bf..8f1ae1602124 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/idea/PlatformActions.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/idea/PlatformActions.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     <action id="ContextHelp" class="com.intellij.ide.actions.ContextHelpAction"/>
     <action id="RunGc" class="com.intellij.ide.actions.RunGcAction"/>
     <action id="ShowPopupMenu" class="com.intellij.ide.actions.ShowPopupMenuAction"/>
+    <action id="ShowColorPicker" class="com.intellij.ui.ShowColorPickerAction" text="Show Color Picker"/>
 
     <action id="NextEditorTab" class="com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.impl.SelectNextEditorTabAction"/>
     <action id="PreviousEditorTab" class="com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.impl.SelectPreviousEditorTabAction"/>