PALETTES

Noun

palettes

plural of palette

Source: Wiktionary


PALETTE

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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