As a graphic and web designer I spend quite a bit of time in Illustrator and Photoshop. I find that a lot of time can end up being wasted working in the colors. If you customer doesn’t come with a color pallette picked out for the project ahead of time, a designer can be left scratching their head. I find myself playing games of trial and error to see if I have enough contrast, or lack of contrast, or if the colors clash. Once I have the palette it is easy to save it as part of the project and go back and forth, but finding it in the first place takes time.