palette - Definition from the PAINTING AND DRAWING topic - ARTS

Topic: PAINTING AND DRAWING

Date:	1700-1800
Language:	French
Origin:	Old French pale 'spade'

palette
noun

palette

pal‧ette

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[countable]

1AVP 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]AVP the colours that a particular artist uses or the colours in a particular painting

3TD the choice of colours or shapes that are available in a computer program

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