How to create your list of favorite palettes, patterns and colors
For convenience, we only mention palette . But everything in this post applies equally to patterns and colors -you can favorite them too.

On each palette, pattern and colors page there is an "add to Fav's" button. Click this button to save it in your Favorites list.

To see your own Favorite list, go to your profile page and click on the "Favorites" tab at the top of the page. You'll see the latest 5 palettes/colors/patterns you've added as favorites. When clicking on 'View all', they will be listed alphabetically by name, starting from the letter Z. You can see other ColourLover's favorites in the same way, from their profile page.

Is it possible to search for more examples of a certain pattern?

Below the pattern badge on the pattern's page you will find a button "Browse Similar Pattern Styles". This will open a page with many variations of the pattern you are searching for.

Tags - what are they, and how to use them
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I think this is also the best place for talking about RSS feeds: http://www.colourlovers.com/rss

Can I browse old top colors, patterns and palettes? What are the Archives sections?

The Archives sections will allow you to see which colors, palettes and patterns were in the top ten for a given month and a given year. Go to the main navigation menu and select Colors, Palettes or Patterns then Archives.

Can I search from my desktop? What is the Desktop Color Finder?

Desktop Color Finder is an Adobe Air application that will allow you to search for colors, palettes and patterns directly from your desktop. You can search by keyword and sort the results by date, score, name, votes and views. See this post for screenshots.
To be able to use it, first download and install the latest version of Adobe Air then download and install Desktop Color Finder.
Adobe Air works on Windows and Mac OS X.

These come from tvr I'm not sure if this is the right place? Maybe it should be in the "keeping track of your palettes/patterns/colours page?

What can I get notified of?
You can get notified of several things.
- Comments on your colors, palettes and/or patterns: by default. You'll receive a love note from CLSystem, which is linked to the comment.

- Other's new colors/palettes/patterns and its comments: by subscribing to the Color Lover profile (you have to click at "+Subscribe" at the CL bio profile page, just right side of the big photo". You will receive love notes for each notification.

- Other's received comments: if you're interested in receiving notifications on other specific color/palette or pattern work, you have to choose that specific work and click "+Subscribe", located at the right of the color/palette or pattern big image.

-Once you receive a new love note, a red message will come up at the top righ page (you have to be logged on). You can click over the red text and be linked directly to your inbox.

Is it possible to search for more examples of a certain pattern?

This is really an awesome option as you can even combine it with your favorites. For example, I can find all the horizontal stripes I've faved by entering the following URL address:
http://www.colourlovers.com/patterns/search?f=1&lover=onebreath&patternDefinitionID=49

Can I delete a favourite from my list?

Edit: Never mind, I got it. :)