diff -r c0661ecf943e -r 05aba5def1fc src/FingersDance/MainSurfaceWindow.xaml.cs
--- a/src/FingersDance/MainSurfaceWindow.xaml.cs	Tue Nov 24 12:57:18 2009 +0100
+++ b/src/FingersDance/MainSurfaceWindow.xaml.cs	Tue Nov 24 22:08:57 2009 +0100
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@
                 {
                     //2-Creation du User Panel
                     Cutting newCutting = ((UserControlScreen)sender).Cutting;
+                    uint UintIdColor = 0;
 
                     // We test if each Panel does not already own the sent cuttingVM
                     if (((UserControlScreen)sender).Cutting != null && ((UserControlScreen)sender).AnnotationOrSearchMode == "Annotation")
@@ -488,51 +489,58 @@
                         {
                             _mainviewmodel.Project.Cuttings.Add(newCutting);
                             _mainviewmodel.Project.CuttingsDict.Add(newCutting.Title, newCutting);
+                            // In this case, we have to find a new color in the available ones.
+                            KeyValuePair<uint,Color> kvp = ColorFactory.getAvailablePairUintColor();
+                            newCutting.Color = kvp.Value;
+                            UintIdColor = kvp.Key;
+                            // Now we can take off this new color from the available colors
+                            ColorFactory.TakeOffColor(kvp.Value);
+                        }
+                        else{
+                            // If the color 
+                            UintIdColor = ColorFactory.getId(newCutting.Color);
                         }
                     }
-
                     // And now we build the new UserPanel
-                    Random c = new Random();
-                    uint color = (uint)c.Next(12) + 1; // for the number to be >0
                     switch (((UserControlScreen)sender).id)
                     {
                         case 1:
-                            UserControlPivot.ApplyColor(1, color);
-                            Panel1 = new UserControlUserPanel(1, (new ColorFactory()).Colors[color], newCutting, _mainviewmodel.Project.VideoPath, ((UserControlScreen)sender).AnnotationOrSearchMode, ((UserControlScreen)sender).SearchedProject);
+                            UserControlPivot.ApplyColor(1, UintIdColor);
+                            Panel1 = new UserControlUserPanel(1, newCutting, _mainviewmodel.Project.VideoPath, ((UserControlScreen)sender).AnnotationOrSearchMode, ((UserControlScreen)sender).SearchedProject);
                             Panel1.Name = "UserPanel1";
                             Panel1.OnSuccessAnnotation += new EventHandler(Panel_OnSuccessAnnotation);
                             Panel1.OnTagVisualisation += new EventHandler(Panel_OnTagVisualisation);
-                            Panel1.idcolor = color;
+                            Panel1.idcolor = UintIdColor;
                             //3-Rajout sur la Grid Root
                             root.Children.Add(Panel1);
                             break;
                         case 2:
-                            UserControlPivot.ApplyColor(2, color);
-                            Panel2 = new UserControlUserPanel(2, (new ColorFactory()).Colors[color], newCutting, _mainviewmodel.Project.VideoPath, ((UserControlScreen)sender).AnnotationOrSearchMode, ((UserControlScreen)sender).SearchedProject);
+                            UserControlPivot.ApplyColor(2, UintIdColor);
+                            Panel2 = new UserControlUserPanel(2, newCutting, _mainviewmodel.Project.VideoPath, ((UserControlScreen)sender).AnnotationOrSearchMode, ((UserControlScreen)sender).SearchedProject);
                             Panel2.Name = "UserPanel2";
                             Panel2.OnSuccessAnnotation += new EventHandler(Panel_OnSuccessAnnotation);
                             Panel2.OnTagVisualisation += new EventHandler(Panel_OnTagVisualisation);
-                            Panel2.idcolor = color;
+                            Panel2.idcolor = UintIdColor;
                             //3-Rajout sur la Grid Root
                             root.Children.Add(Panel2);
                             break;
                         case 3:
-                            UserControlPivot.ApplyColor(3, color);
-                            Panel3 = new UserControlUserPanel(3, (new ColorFactory()).Colors[color], newCutting, _mainviewmodel.Project.VideoPath, ((UserControlScreen)sender).AnnotationOrSearchMode, ((UserControlScreen)sender).SearchedProject);
+                            UserControlPivot.ApplyColor(3, UintIdColor);
+                            Panel3 = new UserControlUserPanel(3, newCutting, _mainviewmodel.Project.VideoPath, ((UserControlScreen)sender).AnnotationOrSearchMode, ((UserControlScreen)sender).SearchedProject);
                             Panel3.Name = "UserPanel3";
                             Panel3.OnSuccessAnnotation += new EventHandler(Panel_OnSuccessAnnotation);
                             Panel3.OnTagVisualisation += new EventHandler(Panel_OnTagVisualisation);
-                            Panel3.idcolor = color;
+                            Panel3.idcolor = UintIdColor;
                             //3-Rajout sur la Grid Root
                             root.Children.Add(Panel3);
                             break;
                         case 4:
-                            UserControlPivot.ApplyColor(4, color);
-                            Panel4 = new UserControlUserPanel(4, (new ColorFactory()).Colors[color], newCutting, _mainviewmodel.Project.VideoPath, ((UserControlScreen)sender).AnnotationOrSearchMode, ((UserControlScreen)sender).SearchedProject);
+                            UserControlPivot.ApplyColor(4, UintIdColor);
+                            Panel4 = new UserControlUserPanel(4, newCutting, _mainviewmodel.Project.VideoPath, ((UserControlScreen)sender).AnnotationOrSearchMode, ((UserControlScreen)sender).SearchedProject);
                             Panel4.Name = "UserPanel4";
                             Panel4.OnSuccessAnnotation += new EventHandler(Panel_OnSuccessAnnotation);
                             Panel4.OnTagVisualisation += new EventHandler(Panel_OnTagVisualisation);
-                            Panel4.idcolor = color;
+                            Panel4.idcolor = UintIdColor;
                             //3-Rajout sur la Grid Root
                             root.Children.Add(Panel4);
                             break;
@@ -628,9 +636,9 @@
             XElement annotContent = (XElement)(d.Root.Elements().ToList()[2]).FirstNode;
             foreach (Cutting cut in _mainviewmodel.Project.Cuttings)
             {
-                XElement cutNode = new XElement("decoupage", new XAttribute("id", cut.Id), new XAttribute("author", "perso"),
-                                                new XElement("title",cut.Title),
-                                                new XElement("abstract",""));
+                XElement cutNode = new XElement("decoupage", new XAttribute("id", cut.Id), new XAttribute("author", "perso"), new XAttribute("color", "0x" + cut.Color.ToString().Substring(3)), // Color.ToString() return #AARRGGBB and we keep only 0xRRGGBB);
+                                                new XElement("title", cut.Title),
+                                                new XElement("abstract", ""));
                 XElement cutElmts = new XElement("elements");
                 cutNode.Add(cutElmts);
                 foreach (Annotation annot in cut.AnnotList)