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Definition of Palettes
1. palette [n] - See also: palette
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palettes
Literary usage of Palettes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Drawing and Painting by Denman Waldo Ross (1912)
"SET-palettes GIVEN a palette with a sufficient variety of pigments set out upon
... I propose, now, to describe a number of limited set-palettes which will ..."
2. Primitive Art in Egypt by Jean Capart (1905)
"It is decorated with figures of animals, which should be compared with those we
shall presently study on the slate palettes (Figs. ..."
3. Primitive Art in Egypt by Jean Capart (1905)
"Beyond all question it is the slate palettes which provide us with the finest
... palettes, and we need not therefore dwell long on and ornaments the ..."
4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1883)
"The roundels, or palettes, protecting the armpits were sometimes ornamented with
a boss, in whose centre was a small spike. ..."
5. China Painting: A Practical Manual for the Use of Amateurs in the Decoration by Mary Louise McLaughlin (1889)
"... by the action of the fire, which forbids mixtures which would be quite innocent
in either of the former mediums. The following palettes are, however, ..."
6. Handbook of Young Artists and Amateurs in Oilpainting: Being Chiefly a by Laughton Osborn, Pierre Louis Bouvier (1849)
"palettes are either oval, or oblong and rectangular, that is, in the. form of
... Previously to using them, wooden palettes have to undergo a preparation to ..."
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