Index: wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.color.js
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--- wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.color.js	(revision 0)
+++ wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.color.js	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+/*
+ * jQuery Color Animations
+ * Copyright 2007 John Resig
+ * Released under the MIT and GPL licenses.
+ */
+
+(function(jQuery){
+
+	// We override the animation for all of these color styles
+	jQuery.each(['backgroundColor', 'borderBottomColor', 'borderLeftColor', 'borderRightColor', 'borderTopColor', 'color', 'outlineColor'], function(i,attr){
+		jQuery.fx.step[attr] = function(fx){
+			if ( fx.state == 0 ) {
+				fx.start = getColor( fx.elem, attr );
+				fx.end = getRGB( fx.end );
+			}
+
+			fx.elem.style[attr] = "rgb(" + [
+				Math.max(Math.min( parseInt((fx.pos * (fx.end[0] - fx.start[0])) + fx.start[0]), 255), 0),
+				Math.max(Math.min( parseInt((fx.pos * (fx.end[1] - fx.start[1])) + fx.start[1]), 255), 0),
+				Math.max(Math.min( parseInt((fx.pos * (fx.end[2] - fx.start[2])) + fx.start[2]), 255), 0)
+			].join(",") + ")";
+		}
+	});
+
+	// Color Conversion functions from highlightFade
+	// By Blair Mitchelmore
+	// http://jquery.offput.ca/highlightFade/
+
+	// Parse strings looking for color tuples [255,255,255]
+	function getRGB(color) {
+		var result;
+
+		// Check if we're already dealing with an array of colors
+		if ( color && color.constructor == Array && color.length == 3 )
+			return color;
+
+		// Look for rgb(num,num,num)
+		if (result = /rgb\(\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*\)/.exec(color))
+			return [parseInt(result[1]), parseInt(result[2]), parseInt(result[3])];
+
+		// Look for rgb(num%,num%,num%)
+		if (result = /rgb\(\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*\)/.exec(color))
+			return [parseFloat(result[1])*2.55, parseFloat(result[2])*2.55, parseFloat(result[3])*2.55];
+
+		// Look for #a0b1c2
+		if (result = /#([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})/.exec(color))
+			return [parseInt(result[1],16), parseInt(result[2],16), parseInt(result[3],16)];
+
+		// Look for #fff
+		if (result = /#([a-fA-F0-9])([a-fA-F0-9])([a-fA-F0-9])/.exec(color))
+			return [parseInt(result[1]+result[1],16), parseInt(result[2]+result[2],16), parseInt(result[3]+result[3],16)];
+
+		// Otherwise, we're most likely dealing with a named color
+		return colors[jQuery.trim(color).toLowerCase()];
+	}
+	
+	function getColor(elem, attr) {
+		var color;
+
+		do {
+			color = jQuery.curCSS(elem, attr);
+
+			// Keep going until we find an element that has color, or we hit the body
+			if ( color != '' && color != 'transparent' || jQuery.nodeName(elem, "body") )
+				break; 
+
+			attr = "backgroundColor";
+		} while ( elem = elem.parentNode );
+
+		return getRGB(color);
+	};
+	
+	// Some named colors to work with
+	// From Interface by Stefan Petre
+	// http://interface.eyecon.ro/
+
+	var colors = {
+		aqua:[0,255,255],
+		azure:[240,255,255],
+		beige:[245,245,220],
+		black:[0,0,0],
+		blue:[0,0,255],
+		brown:[165,42,42],
+		cyan:[0,255,255],
+		darkblue:[0,0,139],
+		darkcyan:[0,139,139],
+		darkgrey:[169,169,169],
+		darkgreen:[0,100,0],
+		darkkhaki:[189,183,107],
+		darkmagenta:[139,0,139],
+		darkolivegreen:[85,107,47],
+		darkorange:[255,140,0],
+		darkorchid:[153,50,204],
+		darkred:[139,0,0],
+		darksalmon:[233,150,122],
+		darkviolet:[148,0,211],
+		fuchsia:[255,0,255],
+		gold:[255,215,0],
+		green:[0,128,0],
+		indigo:[75,0,130],
+		khaki:[240,230,140],
+		lightblue:[173,216,230],
+		lightcyan:[224,255,255],
+		lightgreen:[144,238,144],
+		lightgrey:[211,211,211],
+		lightpink:[255,182,193],
+		lightyellow:[255,255,224],
+		lime:[0,255,0],
+		magenta:[255,0,255],
+		maroon:[128,0,0],
+		navy:[0,0,128],
+		olive:[128,128,0],
+		orange:[255,165,0],
+		pink:[255,192,203],
+		purple:[128,0,128],
+		violet:[128,0,128],
+		red:[255,0,0],
+		silver:[192,192,192],
+		white:[255,255,255],
+		yellow:[255,255,0]
+	};
+	
+})(jQuery);
+
+jQuery(document).ready(function(){
+
+	jQuery(".updated")
+		.css(
+				{ backgroundColor: '#FFFF33' }
+			)
+		.animate(
+				{ backgroundColor: '#CFEBF7' }, 3000
+			)
+
+});
Index: wp-includes/js/fat.js
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/js/fat.js	(revision 6346)
+++ wp-includes/js/fat.js	(working copy)
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-// @name      The Fade Anything Technique
-// @namespace http://www.axentric.com/aside/fat/
-// @version   1.0-RC1
-// @author    Adam Michela
-
-var Fat = {
-	make_hex : function (r,g,b) 
-	{
-		r = r.toString(16); if (r.length == 1) r = '0' + r;
-		g = g.toString(16); if (g.length == 1) g = '0' + g;
-		b = b.toString(16); if (b.length == 1) b = '0' + b;
-		return "#" + r + g + b;
-	},
-	fade_all : function (dur)
-	{
-		var a = document.getElementsByTagName("*");
-		for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) 
-		{
-			var o = a[i];
-			var r = /fade-?(\w{3,6})?/.exec(o.className);
-			if (r)
-			{
-				if (!r[1]) r[1] = "";
-				if (o.id) Fat.fade_element(o.id,null,dur,"#"+r[1]);
-			}
-		}
-	},
-	fade_element : function (id, fps, duration, from, to) 
-	{
-		if (!fps) fps = 30;
-		if (!duration) duration = 3000;
-		if (!from || from=="#") from = "#FFFF33";
-		if (!to) to = this.get_bgcolor(id);
-
-		var frames = Math.round(fps * (duration / 1000));
-		var interval = duration / frames;
-		var delay = interval;
-		var frame = 0;
-
-		if (from.length < 7) from += from.substr(1,3);
-		if (to.length < 7) to += to.substr(1,3);
-
-		var rf = parseInt(from.substr(1,2),16);
-		var gf = parseInt(from.substr(3,2),16);
-		var bf = parseInt(from.substr(5,2),16);
-		var rt = parseInt(to.substr(1,2),16);
-		var gt = parseInt(to.substr(3,2),16);
-		var bt = parseInt(to.substr(5,2),16);
-
-		var r,g,b,h;
-		while (frame < frames)
-		{
-			r = Math.floor(rf * ((frames-frame)/frames) + rt * (frame/frames));
-			g = Math.floor(gf * ((frames-frame)/frames) + gt * (frame/frames));
-			b = Math.floor(bf * ((frames-frame)/frames) + bt * (frame/frames));
-			h = this.make_hex(r,g,b);
-
-			setTimeout("Fat.set_bgcolor('"+id+"','"+h+"')", delay);
-
-			frame++;
-			delay = interval * frame; 
-		}
-		setTimeout("Fat.set_bgcolor('"+id+"','"+to+"')", delay);
-	},
-	set_bgcolor : function (id, c)
-	{
-		var o = document.getElementById(id);
-		o.style.backgroundColor = c;
-	},
-	get_bgcolor : function (id)
-	{
-		var o = document.getElementById(id);
-		while(o)
-		{
-			var c;
-			if (window.getComputedStyle) c = window.getComputedStyle(o,null).getPropertyValue("background-color");
-			if (o.currentStyle) c = o.currentStyle.backgroundColor;
-			if ((c != "" && c != "transparent") || o.tagName == "BODY") { break; }
-			o = o.parentNode;
-		}
-		if (c == undefined || c == "" || c == "transparent") c = "#FFFFFF";
-		var rgb = c.match(/rgb\s*\(\s*(\d{1,3})\s*,\s*(\d{1,3})\s*,\s*(\d{1,3})\s*\)/);
-		if (rgb) c = this.make_hex(parseInt(rgb[1]),parseInt(rgb[2]),parseInt(rgb[3]));
-		return c;
-	}
-}
-
-addLoadEvent(function ()  {
-	Fat.fade_all();
-});
Index: wp-includes/script-loader.php
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/script-loader.php	(revision 6346)
+++ wp-includes/script-loader.php	(working copy)
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 	function default_scripts() {
 		$this->add( 'dbx', '/wp-includes/js/dbx.js', false, '2.05' );
 
-		$this->add( 'fat', '/wp-includes/js/fat.js', false, '1.0-RC1_3660' );
-
 		$this->add( 'sack', '/wp-includes/js/tw-sack.js', false, '1.6.1' );
 
 		$this->add( 'quicktags', '/wp-includes/js/quicktags.js', false, '3958' );
@@ -78,6 +76,7 @@
 		$this->add( 'cropper', '/wp-includes/js/crop/cropper.js', array('scriptaculous-dragdrop'), '20070118');
 
 		$this->add( 'jquery', '/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js', false, '1.1.4');
+		$this->add( 'jquery-color', '/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.color.js', array('jquery'), '1.0');
 		$this->add( 'jquery-form', '/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.form.js', array('jquery'), '1.0.3');
 		$this->add( 'interface', '/wp-includes/js/jquery/interface.js', array('jquery'), '1.2');
 
Index: wp-admin/admin.php
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/admin.php	(revision 6346)
+++ wp-admin/admin.php	(working copy)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 wp_reset_vars(array('profile', 'redirect', 'redirect_url', 'a', 'popuptitle', 'popupurl', 'text', 'trackback', 'pingback'));
 
-wp_enqueue_script( 'fat' );
+wp_enqueue_script( 'jquery-color' );
 
 $editing = false;
 
