PALETTE

palette, pallet

(noun) board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used

pallette, palette

(noun) one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor

palette, pallet

(noun) the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

palette (plural palettes)

(painting) A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.

The range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.

(computing, graphical user interface) A visual selection of colours, tools, commands, etc.

(historical) A plate of armour covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.

A plate against which a person presses their breast to give force to a hand-operated drill.

Anagrams

• peltate

Source: Wiktionary


Pal"ette, n. Etym: [See Pallet a thin board.]

1. (Paint.)

Definition: 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)

Definition: One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows. Fairholt.

3. (Mech.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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