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# Documents and views

`GNOME Color Browser` uses the term "document" to refer to any collection of colors, each each color given a name. The simplest type of document is a palette, which is just a collection of colors listed in a file; this is described in the Section called Working with palettes. Another type of document is search document, which is a list of colors closely matching a given one found in various palettes. In addition, `GNOME Color Browser` provides a number of different ways, or "view modes" to show the same document. Available view modes include:

- `List`: in this mode, `GNOME Color Browser` lists all colors in a document showing a small sample, Red, Green and Blue (RGB) values and name for each color (see the Section called Colors in X Window System for detailed information about RGB values).

  By default, the colors are listed in the same order in which they appear in the file, which is indicated by a small downward triangle next to the label `Color`. As with all GNOME applications, you can reverse the order by clicking on the word `Color` once. You can also have the list ordered alphabetically by name by clicking on `Name` label.

  You can change the default width of `Value` and `Name` fields by dragging the separator between these fields with the left mouse button.

  Figure 1. List view

- `Grid` : in this mode, `GNOME Color Browser` shows just a small square color sample for each color, arranging this squares in a grid.

  Figure 2. Grid view

- `Edit` TODO

Regardless of the view you use, you can drag any of the color sample rectangles to GNOME Panel, GNOME Terminal, and many other GNOME applications windows to change their background colors.

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