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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an artist's jointed dummy, used in place of a live model, esp for studying effects of drapery
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a preparation consisting of a solvent, a drying oil, and usually resin, rubber, bitumen, etc, for application to a surface where it polymerizes to yield a hard glossy, usually transparent, coating
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the background of a painting or main surface against which the other parts of a work of art appear superimposed
Which item of art equipment am I?
paint made of pigment ground in oil, usually linseed oil, used for oil painting
Which item of art equipment am I?
a yellow oil extracted from seeds of the flax plant. It has great drying qualities and is used in making oil paints, printer's ink, linoleum, etc
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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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