Definition of 'palette'
Word forms: plural palettes
1. countable noun
A palette is a flat piece of wood or plastic on which an artist mixes paints.
2. countable noun [usually singular]
You can refer to the range of colours that are used by a particular artist or group of artists
as their palette.
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palette in American English
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Word origin
Fr, dim. of pale, a shovel < L pala, a spade, shovel
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a piece of canvas or a similar material on which a painting is done, usually in oils
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paint made of pigment ground in oil, usually linseed oil, used for oil painting
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an artist's jointed dummy, used in place of a live model, esp for studying effects of drapery
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a substance made of ground pigment bound with gum, used for making sticks for drawing
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a device that sprays a fluid in a finely divided form by atomizing the fluid in an air jet
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British English: palette
NOUN /ˈpælət/
A palette is a flat piece of wood or plastic on which an artist mixes paints.
The painter's right hand holds the brush, the left the palette.
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