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>>But many programmer's, especially beginner's do pick color choices like that.
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>If the clients/bosses of those programmers "abuse" the ability to change colors of an object, then they'll suffer the consequences of it in some way, but to those that can use it correctly in a tastful way we should be alowed to.

Again, I have to disagree. There is a reason for the guidelines. MS has spent millions of dollars on researching UI to develop these guidelines.