palette Definition
pal·ette (pal′it)
noun
- a thin board or tablet of wood, plastic, etc., often with a hole for the thumb at one end, on which an artist arranges and mixes paints
- the colors used by a particular artist or for a particular painting
Etymology: Fr, dim. of pale, a shovel < L pala, a spade, shovel
palette Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- color: One approach is to select a palette of four colors for the page / site.
- color: But you'll absolutely revel in the provocative palette of bold colors.
- shade: I make use of a palette of standard shades of gray that mimics the rigor of computer-generated tones.
- gray: Color was not used in a descriptive manner by the early Cubists and a monochromatic palette of grays, browns and ochres was adopted.
Converse of object
suit: Oasis is stocking them in every known style to suit any palette.
Adjective modifier
- web-safe: Is there a version which allows you to choose colors from a web-safe palette?
- muted: My muted palette is a reflection of that experience.
- tonal: Susanne Heinrich's playing displays a broad tonal palette and beautifully fluid playing.
- sonic: Too many songs here share the same sonic palette.
- discerning: We offer a range of high quality smoked products for the most discerning palette.
- restricted: Choosing fabrics Use a restricted color palette, neutrals with one color and motifs that are small scaled.
Modifies a noun
- knife: Using the palette knife spread icing onto the sides.
- color: A common practice is to switch to palette color mode, select a palette, then change Use palette color to False.
- menu: You may also choose Play from the Actions palette menu.
Noun used with modifier
- color: In the example shown next, a cloud color palette was created based on a series of blended objects.
- onscreen: Apply an outline color to the lines by right-clicking any color in your onscreen color palette.
- color: Then, in the color palette, choose whether you want to alter the fill or stroke color.
- layer: The layers palette appears on the right hand side of the screen.
- paint: Teacher, using template, demonstrates use of Photoshop tools; lasso tool, paint bucket, paint palette.
- custom: Step 1: I create custom palettes of these variant sets.
Browse dictionary entries near palette
- ‹ paletot
- ‹ Palestrina
- ‹ palestra
- ‹ Palestinian
- ‹ Palestine
- ‹ Palermo
- ‹ Paleozoic
- ‹ paleosol
- ‹ paleontology
- ‹ paleontography
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