As for Haas' outfit: "Yeah, I'm pretty pathetic I think when it comes to color matching, " he said.

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The phone's new A6 processor also helps out, offering a "smart filter" for better color matching, as well as speedier capture and still capture during video.

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The seats are covered in yet softer and more exclusive Valcona leather (color-matching two different grades of leather is itself something of a technical feat).

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She is wearing a red dress, because you once told her it was your favorite color, and matching underwear underneath.

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When you're trying a nude manicure, many pros recommend matching the color to your skin tone, or getting as close as possible.

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Planes come in three colors, red, yellow, and blue, and each plane has to be landed on the runway matching its color.

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"The surprise was ... the (matching of) the skin color and texture were nearly perfect, it was better than we expected, " Devauchelle said.

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Vendors need to make PCs easy to get out of the box, they must provide easy and clear setup instructions (with matching pictures), they should color-code cables, and they must eliminate the need to reboot during the initial setup because it scares new users, he says.

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Eerier yet is Robert Moskowitz's "Skyscraper, " from 1998, which presciently depicts the matching behemoths as two solid-black fields of color dark shadows set against a bleakly gray sky.

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