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- <h2>Colors Window</h2>
- <p>This window has two modes of operation: "Less" and "More". By
- default, Paint.NET starts up with the Colors Window in Less mode. In
- this mode you may easily select a base color using either the color
- wheel or the palette. Paint.NET allows you to have two colors selected,
- a primary color and a secondary color, and you may use the drop-down box
- at the top of the Colors Window to choose which one the Colors Window is
- currently being displayed and configured (you can also use the shortcut
- key 'C' to quickly switch between them). Some tools, such as the
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- either the primary color or the secondary color depending on which mouse
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- <p>This mode lets you choose from the colors shown in the color wheel or
- the first 32 colors in the current palette. If you right click on a
- color in the palette, it will set the secondary color.</p>
- <p>If you click the "More >>" button, the window will expand to present
- more detailed and fine-grained information. In this mode, you may
- specify the exact value of each of the color's components in either the
- RGB (Red, Green, Blue) or HSV (Hue, Saturation, Value) color space.
- Editing the color in hex, or hexadecimal, mode is also possible. The
- alpha, or transparency level, may also be configured.</p>
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- <h2><a name="Palettes"></a>Palettes</h2>
- <p>There are two buttons above the palette that let you manage the
- colors. </p>
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- <p>The first one adds the current color to the palette. Click on the
- button, and then click on the palette to place the color.</p>
- <p>The second one opens up a drop down menu that provides various
- commands for managing palettes as a whole:</p>
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- <img border="0" src="Images/PaletteMenu.png" width="239" height="156"></p>
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- <p>The first items in this list will represent any custom palettes you
- have already saved. Clicking on these items will load the respective
- palette. The last three items can be used to save the current palette to
- a file, to open the palette folder in Windows Explorer, and lastly to
- set the current palette back to the default colors. Palette files are
- just text (*.txt) files that are stored in your Documents folder
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