What does 3P2 equal?

No one has mentioned, so I will. What you are looking for is the permutation of 3 things taken 2 at a time. In other words, how many different unique ways are there to arrange 3 items, say colored balls, taking 2 of them for each group. By unique, I mean that 1 red and 1 blue is the same as 1 blue and 1 red,