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English

Homophones


Etymology

From #French|palette.

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.
  2. The range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.


Translations

  • Spanish: gama de colores

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French

Etymology

From palete (, "diminutive").

Noun

  1. #Noun|palette


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Palette \Pal"ette\, n. [See Pallet a thin board.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Paint.) A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a
thumb hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter
lays and mixes his pigments. Hence, any other object,
usually one with a flat surface, used for the same
purpose. [Written also pallet.]
[1913 Webster]

2. Hence: The complete set of colors used by an artist or
other person in creating an image, in any medium. The
meaning of this term has been extended in modern times to
include the set of colors used in a particular computer
application, or the complete set of of colors available in
computer displays or printing techniques.
[PJC]

3. Hence: The complete range of resources and techniques used
in any art, such as music.
[PJC]

4. (Anc. Armor) One of the plates covering the points of
junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.
--Fairholt.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Mech.) A breastplate for a breast drill.
[1913 Webster]

Palette knife, a knife with a very flexible steel blade and
no cutting edge, rounded at the end, used by painters to
mix colors on the grinding slab or palette.

To set the palette (Paint.), to lay upon it the required
pigments in a certain order, according to the intended use
of them in a picture. --Fairholt.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet palette
n 1: the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or
painting or school of art [syn: pallet]
2: board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix
paints and the range of colors used [syn: pallet]
3: one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of
armor [syn: pallette]
Moby Dictionary
air brush , art paper , brush , camera lucida , camera obscura , canvas ,
chalk , charcoal , crayon , drawing paper , drawing pencil , drier ,
easel , fixative , ground , lay figure , maulstick , medium , paint ,
paintbrush , palette knife , pastel , pencil , pigments , scratchboard ,
siccative , sketchbook , sketchpad , spatula , spray gun , stump ,
varnish


FOLDOC palette

colour palette


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