--- a/c/cvutils.cpp	Wed Aug 17 17:30:30 2011 -0400
+++ b/c/cvutils.cpp	Wed Aug 17 19:03:11 2011 -0400
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "cvutils.hpp"
 
-//#include "opencv/cv.h"
+#include "opencv2/core/core.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/features2d/features2d.hpp"
 
@@ -47,3 +47,24 @@
   
   return frameNum;
 }
+
+const Scalar Colors::color[] = {Colors::red(),
+				Colors::green(),
+				Colors::blue(),
+				Colors::cyan(), 
+				Colors::magenta(), 
+				Colors::yellow(), 
+				Colors::white(), 
+				Colors::black()};
+
+Scalar Colors::black(void) { return Scalar(0,0,0);}
+Scalar Colors::red(void) { return Scalar(255,0,0);}
+Scalar Colors::green(void) { return Scalar(0,255,0);}
+Scalar Colors::blue(void) { return Scalar(0,0,255);}
+Scalar Colors::white(void) { return Scalar(255,255,255);}
+Scalar Colors::magenta(void) { return Scalar(255,0,255);}
+Scalar Colors::cyan(void) { return Scalar(0,255,255);}
+Scalar Colors::yellow(void) { return Scalar(255,255,0);}
+
+Scalar Colors::color3(const int& num) { return Colors::color[num%3];}
+Scalar Colors::color8(const int& num) { return Colors::color[num%Colors::nColors];}

--- a/include/cvutils.hpp	Wed Aug 17 17:30:30 2011 -0400
+++ b/include/cvutils.hpp	Wed Aug 17 19:03:11 2011 -0400
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 class CvCapture;
 
 /// constant that indicates if the image should be flipped
-
 //static const int flipImage = CV_CVTIMG_FLIP;
 
 void keyPoints2Points(const std::vector<cv::KeyPoint>& kpts, std::vector<cv::Point2f>& pts, const bool& clearPts = true);
@@ -22,4 +21,24 @@
     Returns the frame number that was reached.*/
 int goToFrameNum(CvCapture* inputVideo, const int& currentFrameNum, const int& targetFrameNum);
 
+/// Pre-defined colors
+class Colors {
+public:
+  static const int nColors = 8;
+  static const cv::Scalar color[];
+
+  static cv::Scalar black(void);
+  static cv::Scalar red(void);
+  static cv::Scalar green(void);
+  static cv::Scalar blue(void);
+  static cv::Scalar white(void);
+  static cv::Scalar magenta(void);
+  static cv::Scalar cyan(void);
+  static cv::Scalar yellow(void);
+
+  /** Maps integers to primary colors. */
+  static cv::Scalar color3(const int& num);
+  static cv::Scalar color8(const int& num);
+};
+
 #endif