Palette Definition
pălĭt
palettes
noun
palettes
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.
Webster's New World
The colors used by a particular artist or for a particular painting.
Webster's New World
The range of colors available, as in a computer graphics application.
Webster's New World
Any similar set of elements or qualities, such as musical notes, used in a medium, in a composition, or by an artist.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Palette
Noun
Singular:
palettePlural:
palettesOrigin of Palette
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French from Old French small potter's shovel diminutive of pale shovel, spade from Latin pāla pag- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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