Re: On the computer, off the computer, some of each
I clicked on the Pale Blue that Alfred supplied, and that locked in as the fill at both upper left and upper right. But if I swapped at the right, then the Pencil Tool was Pale Blue but the filled colour in Alfred's Palette changed colour to what was previously the fill colour.
What you’re calling “Alfred’s Palette” is simply the Document Palette. If you change the contents of the document, the Document Palette will change accordingly.
Create a new palette as an Application Palette and add whatever colours you want (e.g. some or all of the colours in the current document). Then when you change the contents of the document, the Document Palette will change but the Application Palette will not, and you will be able to use your carefully assembled palette colours in other documents.
― Tennessee Williams