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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PALETTE. [See Pallet.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art [syn: palette, pallet]
2: board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used [syn: palette, pallet]
3: one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor [syn: pallette, palette]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, diminutive of pale spade, from Latin pala; probably akin to Latin pangere to fix — more at pact Date: 1622 1. a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on 2. a. the set of colors put on the palette b. (1) a particular range, quality, or use of color (2) a comparable range, quality, or use of available elements <a rich palette of tones and timbres> <a palette of flavors>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a thin board or slab or other surface, usu. with a hole for the thumb, on which an artist lays and mixes colours. 2 the range of colours used by an artist. Phrases and idioms: palette-knife 1 a thin steel blade with a handle for mixing colours or applying or removing paint. 2 a kitchen knife with a long blunt round-ended flexible blade. Etymology: F, dimin. of pale shovel f. L pala spade

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Palette Pal"ette, n. [See Pallet a thin board.] 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. [Written also pallet.] 2. (Anc. Armor) One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows. --Fairholt. 3. (Mech.) A breastplate for a breast drill. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(palettes) 1. A palette is a flat piece of wood or plastic on which an artist mixes paints. N-COUNT 2. You can refer to the range of colours that are used by a particular artist or group of artists as their palette. David Fincher paints from a palette consisting almost exclusively of grey and mud brown. N-COUNT: usu sing

Moby Thesaurus

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