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Definition of Palette
1. Noun. The range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art.
2. Noun. Board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used.
3. Noun. One of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor.
Generic synonyms: Armor Plate, Armor Plating, Armour Plate, Plate Armor, Plate Armour
Group relationships: Body Armor, Body Armour, Cataphract, Coat Of Mail, Suit Of Armor, Suit Of Armour
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
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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.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Palette
Literary usage of Palette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Egyptian Literature: Comprising Egyptian Tales, Hymns, Litanies, Invocations by Epiphanius Wilson (1901)
"THE CHAPTER OF PRAYING FOR AN INK-POT AND FOR A palette. ... I have brought the
ink-pot and the palette as being the objects which are in the hands of Thoth ..."
2. Primitive Art in Egypt by Jean Capart (1905)
"On the reverse of this palette the principal scene is repeated, but this time
the place of the animated standards is occupied, as in the second Cairo ..."
3. Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology by Society of Biblical Archaeology (1901)
"The palette, of which I send a photograph, was obtained by me from the late Mr.
... Mr. Chester called it a painter's palette. That was evidently a mistake, ..."
4. Memoirs of the Life of John Constable, Esq., R.A.: Composed Chiefly of His by Charles Robert Leslie (1845)
"They are both adopting the palette knife, while I have laid it down, but not till
I had cut my own throat with it. The Dalilah is lovely in her ..."
5. On Drawing and Painting by Denman Waldo Ross (1912)
"It is always worth while to consider the light in which you are painting and to
use a palette which will be in sympathy with it. In painting indoors, in a ..."
6. Primitive Art in Egypt by Jean Capart (1905)
"On the reverse of this palette the principal scene is repeated, but this time
the place of the animated standards is occupied, as in the second Cairo ..."
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