# Loading Color, Gradient, and Hatching Lists

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Loading Color, Gradient, and Hatching Lists
You can use lists to organize colors, gradients, or hatching patterns. $[officename] provides several lists that you can load and use in your document. If you want, you can add or delete elements from a list, or even create custom lists.
To load a color list:
- Choose Format - Area, and then click the Colors tab.
- Click the Load Color List button.
- Locate the color list that you want to load, and then click Open. A color list file has the format [filename].soc.
To save a color list, click the Save Color List button, enter a filename, and then click Save.
colors; default colors
colors; LibreOffice colors
LibreOffice colors
colors; Tango colors
Tango colors
colors; web
colors; CMYK
The CMYK list is optimized for print colors. The colors in the Web and the HTML lists are optimized for displays using a resolution of 256 colors. The palettes libreoffice.soc and tango.soc contain the official LibreOffice and Tango colors respectively.
To load a gradient list:
- Choose Format - Area, and then click the Gradients tab.
- Click the Load Gradients List button.
- Locate the gradient list that you want to load, and then click Open. A gradient list file has the format [filename].sog.
To save a gradients list, click the Save Gradients List button, enter a filename, and then click Save.
To load a hatching list:
- Choose Format - Area, and then click the Hatching tab.
- Click the Load Hatches List button.
- Locate the hatches list that you want to load, and then click Open. A hatches list file has the format [filename].soh.
To save a hatches list, click the Save Hatches List button, enter a filename, and then click Save.
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