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<span class="term">Color area</span>
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This area shows GIMP's basic palette, consisting of two
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colors, the Foreground and Background, used for painting,
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filling, and many other operations. Clicking on either of
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the color displays brings up a Color Editor dialog, which
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Clicking on this small symbol resets the Foreground and
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Background colors to black and white, respectively.
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