i've just (belatedly) installed a revised version of rotating, which uses colour boxes where appropriate. (this bug was reported last year, but i thought i needed to do other work on the package and delayed installation. i have now given up on the other stuff.)
i have updated the catalogue repository, a bit (though the changes won't appear on the web until some time tonight).
users may view the current state of the web catalogue entry (at any time), at: http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/rotating.html or browse the package directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/rotating/
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team