>>> r=random.Random()
>>> r.seed(1)
>>> colors2=colors
>>> r.shuffle(colors2)
>>> print colors2
['blue', 'green', 'pink', 'purple', 'red']
>>> r.seed(1)
>>> colors2=colors
>>> r.shuffle(colors2)
>>> print colors2
['green', 'red', 'pink', 'purple', 'blue']
>>>