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palette Definition

pal·ette (palit)

noun

  1. 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
  2. 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.

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