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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>13. Palettes</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="gimp-help-plain.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="gimp-help-screen.css" type="text/css" /> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.66.1" /> <link rel="start" href="index.html" title="GIMP User Manual" /> <link rel="up" href="ch04.html" title="Chapter 4. Dialogs" /> <link rel="prev" href="ch04s12s03.html" title="12.3. Gradient Editor" /> <link rel="next" href="ch04s13s02.html" title="13.2. Palettes Menu" /> </head> <body> <div xmlns="" class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center" id="chaptername">Chapter 4. Dialogs</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch04s12s03.html">Prev</a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center" id="sectionname">13. Palettes</th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch04s13s02.html">Next</a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="gimp-palette-dialog"></a>13. Palettes</h2> </div> </div> </div> <a id="id3455238" class="indexterm"></a> <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="id3455253"></a>13.1. Dialog</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div class="informalfigure"> <div class="mediaobject"> <img src="../images/dialogs/dialogs-palettes.png" /> <div class="caption"> <p> The Palettes dialog </p> </div> </div> </div> <p> A <span class="emphasis"><em>palette</em></span> is a set of discrete colors, in no particular order. See the <a href="ch02s04s11.html" title="4.11. Palettes">Palettes</a> section for basic information on palettes and how they can be created and used. </p> <p> The Palettes dialog is used to select a palette, by clicking on it in a list or grid view. A few dozen more or less randomly chosen palettes are supplied with GIMP, and you can easily add new palettes of your own. The Palettes dialog also give you access to several operations for creating new palettes or manipulating the ones that already exist. </p> <div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"> <table border="0" summary="Note"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"> <img alt="[Note]" src="../images/note.png" /> </td> <th align="left">Note</th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"> <p> The Palettes dialog is not the same thing as the <a href="ch04s05.html" title="5. Indexed Palette dialog">Index Palette dialog</a>, which is used to manipulate the colormaps of indexed images. </p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p> The Palettes dialog is a dockable dialog; see the section on <a href="ch02s03s04.html" title="3.4. Dialogs and Docking">Dialogs and Docking</a> for help on manipulating it. It can be activated in several ways: </p> <div class="itemizedlist"> <ul type="disc"> <li> <p> From the Toolbox menu: <span class="guimenu">File</span>-><span class="guisubmenu">Dialogs</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Pal<span class="accel">e</span>ttes</span>. </p> </li> <li> <p> From an image menu: <span class="guimenu">Dialogs</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Pal<span class="accel">e</span>ttes</span>. </p> </li> <li> <p> From the Tab menu in any dockable dialog: <span class="guimenu">Add Tab</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Pal<span class="accel">e</span>ttes</span>. </p> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h4 class="title"><a id="id3455429"></a>Grid/List modes</h4> </div> </div> </div> <div class="informalfigure"> <div class="mediaobject"> <img src="../images/dialogs/dialogs-palettes-grid.png" /> <div class="caption"> <p> The Palettes dialog (Grid View) </p> </div> </div> </div> <p> In the Tab menu, you can choose between <span class="guimenuitem">View as Grid</span> and <span class="guimenuitem">View as List</span>. In Grid mode, the palettes are laid out in a spectacular rectangular array, making it easy to see many at once and find the one you are looking for. In List mode (the default), the palettes are lined up in a list, with the names beside them. </p> </div> <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h4 class="title"><a id="id3455482"></a>Using the Palettes dialog</h4> </div> </div> </div> <p> Clicking on a palette in the dialog makes it GIMP's active palette. This does not really have any significance, though. Double-clicking on a palette brings up the <a href="ch04s13s03.html" title="13.3. Palette Editor">Palette Editor</a>, which allows you to set GIMP's foreground or background colors by clicking on colors in the palette display. </p> <p> Double-clicking on a palette <span class="emphasis"><em>name</em></span> (in List View mode) lets you to edit the name. Note that you are only allowed to change the names of palettes that you have added yourself, not those that are supplied with GIMP. If you edit a name that you are not allowed to change, it will revert back to its previous value as soon as you hit return or move the pointer focus elsewhere. </p> <p> Right-clicking in the palette display area brings up the Palettes Menu, described in the next section. At the bottom of the dialog are a set of buttons, whose function all duplicate those of entries in the Palettes Menu: </p> <div class="itemizedlist"> <ul type="disc"> <li> <p><b>Edit Palette. </b> This button brings up the <a href="ch04s13s03.html" title="13.3. Palette Editor">Palette Editor</a>. </p> </li> <li> <p><b>New Palette. </b> See <a href="ch04s13s02.html#gimp-palette-new" title="New Palette">New Palette</a>. </p> </li> <li> <p><b>Duplicate Palette. </b> See <a href="ch04s13s02.html#gimp-palette-duplicate" title="Duplicate Palette">Duplicate Palette</a>. </p> </li> <li> <p><b>Delete Palette. </b> See <a href="ch04s13s02.html#gimp-palette-delete" title="Delete Palette">Delete Palette</a>. </p> </li> <li> <p><b>Refresh Palettes. </b> See <a href="ch04s13s02.html#gimp-palette-refresh" title="Refresh Palettes">Refresh Palettes</a>. </p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch04s12s03.html">Prev</a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="u" href="ch04.html">Up</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch04s13s02.html">Next</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">12.3. Gradient Editor </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> 13.2. Palettes Menu</td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>