.. _ChangeMode:

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ChangeMode
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Description
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The destination color mode. Note: Color images must be changed to Grayscale mode before you can change them to Bitmap mode.




Static Properties
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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| :ref:`BITMAP<ChangeMode.BITMAP>` readonly             | Bitmap. Note: Color images must be changed to Grayscale mode before you can change them to Bitmap mode.                                                                                     |
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| :ref:`CMYK<ChangeMode.CMYK>` readonly                 | CMYK.                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| :ref:`GRAYSCALE<ChangeMode.GRAYSCALE>` readonly       | Grayscale.                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| :ref:`INDEXEDCOLOR<ChangeMode.INDEXEDCOLOR>` readonly | Indexed color, in which the number of colors in the image is reduced to at most 256, the standard number of colors supported by the GIF and PNG-8 formats and many multimedia applications. |
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| :ref:`LAB<ChangeMode.LAB>` readonly                   | Lab.                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| :ref:`MULTICHANNEL<ChangeMode.MULTICHANNEL>` readonly | Image with multiple color channels.                                                                                                                                                         |
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| :ref:`RGB<ChangeMode.RGB>` readonly                   | RGB.                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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      ChangeMode/GRAYSCALE.rst
      ChangeMode/RGB.rst
      ChangeMode/CMYK.rst
      ChangeMode/LAB.rst
      ChangeMode/BITMAP.rst
      ChangeMode/INDEXEDCOLOR.rst
      ChangeMode/MULTICHANNEL.rst