def tab_colstack(ListOfTabArrays, mode='abort'):
    """
    "Horizontal stacking" of tabarrays, e.g. adding columns.

    Wrapper for :func:`tabular.spreadsheet.colstack` that deals with the 
    coloring and returns the result as a tabarray.

    Method calls::

        data = tabular.spreadsheet.colstack(ListOfTabArrays, mode=mode)

    """
    (data, naming) = spreadsheet.colstack(ListOfTabArrays, mode=mode, 
                                          returnnaming=True)
        
    coloring = {}
    for (i, a) in enumerate(ListOfTabArrays):
        namedict = dict([(x,y) for (j,x,y) in naming if i == j])
        for k in a.coloring:
            s = [namedict[kk] for kk in a.coloring[k]]
            if k in coloring.keys():
                coloring[k] = utils.uniqify(coloring[k] + s)
            else:
                coloring[k] = s

    for k in coloring.keys():
        s = [x for x in coloring[k] if x in data.dtype.names]
        if len(s) > 0:
            coloring[k] = s
        else:
            coloring.pop(k)

    data = data.view(tabarray)
    data.coloring = coloring
    return data