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• Palette — Pal ette, n. [See {Pallet} a thin board.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Paint.) 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. Hence, any other object, usually one with a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Palette knife — Palette Pal ette, n. [See {Pallet} a thin board.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Paint.) 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. Hence, any other object, usually… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• palette — ► NOUN 1) a thin board on which an artist lays and mixes colours. 2) the range of colours used by an artist. 3) the range of tonal colour in a musical piece. ORIGIN French, little shovel …   English terms dictionary

• palette — [pal′it] n. [Fr, dim. of pale, a shovel < L pala, a spade, shovel] 1. a thin board or tablet of wood, plastic, etc., often with a hole for the thumb at one end, on which an artist arranges and mixes paints 2. the colors used by a particular… …   English World dictionary

• Palette — A palette (IPAEng|ˈpælɨt) is: a surface on which a painter mixes colour pigments. A palette may be made of wood, glass, plastic, ceramic tile or other inert material and can vary greatly in size and shape. The most commonly known type of painter… …   Wikipedia

• palette — noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, diminutive of pale spade, from Latin pala; probably akin to Latin pangere to fix more at pact Date: 1622 1. a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on 2. a.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• palette — palettelike, adj. /pal it/, n. 1. a thin and usually oval or oblong board or tablet with a thumb hole at one end, used by painters for holding and mixing colors. 2. any other flat surface used by a painter for this purpose. 3. the set of colors… …   Universalium

• palette — pal•ette [[t]ˈpæl ɪt[/t]] n. 1) fia a thin, usu. oval or oblong board or tablet used by painters for holding and mixing colors 2) fia the set of colors on such a board 3) fia the range of colors used by a particular artist 4) the variety of… …   From formal English to slang

• palette — UK [ˈpælət] / US noun [countable] Word forms palette : singular palette plural palettes 1) a board that an artist uses for mixing paints on 2) the particular set of colours that an artist uses …   English dictionary

• palette — /ˈpælət / (say paluht) noun 1. a thin, usually oval or oblong, board or tablet with a thumb hole at one end, used by painters to lay and mix colours on. 2. the range of colours used by a particular artist, or occurring in nature as if in a… …  

• palette — pal|ette [ˈpælıt] n ↑palette, ↑paint [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: Old French pale spade ] 1.) a thin, curved board that an artist uses to mix paints, holding it by putting his or her thumb through a hole at the edge 2.) [usually singular]… …   Dictionary of contemporary English