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palette definition

pal·ette (pal′it)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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