Definition of Palette

1. Noun. The range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art.

Exact synonyms: Pallet
Generic synonyms: Ambit, Compass, Orbit, Range, Reach, Scope

2. Noun. Board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used.
Exact synonyms: Pallet
Generic synonyms: Board

3. Noun. One of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor.

Definition of Palette

1. n. 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.

Definition of Palette

1. Noun. A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours. ¹

2. Noun. The range of colors in a given work or item or body of work. ¹

3. Noun. (computing graphical user interface) A visual selection of colours, tools, commands, etc. ¹

4. Noun. A plate of armour covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Palette

1. a board on which an artist mixes colors [n -S]

Medical Definition of Palette

1. 1. 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. Alternative forms: pallet. 2. One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows. 3. 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 colours on the grinding slab or palette. To set the palette, to lay upon it the required pigments in a certain order, according to the intended use of them in a picture. See: Pallet a thin board. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Palette

palermoite
pales
palest
palestra
palestrae
palestral
palestras
palestric
palet
paleta
paletas
paletiology
paletot
paletots
palets
palette (current term)
palette knife
palette knives
palette swap
palette swapped
palette swapping
palette swaps
palette window
palette windows
paletted
palettelike
palettes
palettise
palettised
palettising

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