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Well, I can see two use cases (that bump into my face regularly in GIMP):<BR>
- in some cases, erasing uses the background color<BR>
- using a stylus and graphic tablet, you can use those two colors to do stuff like mixing two colors on the fly, using pressure sensitivity and other factors.
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