def simple_defaults(defaults_dic):
    """
    Simplifies defaults.
    
    :param defaults_dic: a dictionary of the form { visualProperty_A:value_A, visualProperty_B:value_B, ..}
    
    :returns: a list of dictionaries with each item corresponding to a given key in defaults_dic
    """
    defaults = []
    for d in defaults_dic.keys():
        dic = {}
        dic['visualProperty'] = d
        dic['value'] = defaults_dic[d]
        defaults.append(dic)
    return defaults
