Definitions for paletteˈpæl ɪt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pal•etteˈpæl ɪt(n.)

  1. a thin, usu. oval or oblong board or tablet used by painters for holding and mixing colors.

    Category: Fine Arts

  2. the set of colors on such a board.

    Category: Fine Arts

  3. the range of colors used by a particular artist.

    Category: Fine Arts

  4. the variety of techniques or range of any art:

    a composer's musical palette.

  5. the complete range of colors made available by a computer graphics card, from which a user or program may choose those to be displayed.

    Category: Computers

Origin of palette:

1615–25; < F, MF < It paletta, dim. of pala shovel < L pāla]

Princeton's WordNet

  1. palette, pallet(noun)

    the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art

  2. palette, pallet(noun)

    board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used

  3. pallette, palette(noun)

    one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor

Wiktionary

  1. palette(Noun)

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

  2. palette(Noun)

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

  3. palette(Noun)

    A visual selection of colours, tools, commands, etc.

  4. palette(Noun)

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

  5. Origin: From palette

Webster Dictionary

  1. Palette(noun)

    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

  2. Palette(noun)

    one of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows

  3. Palette(noun)

    a breastplate for a breast drill


Translations for palette

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

palette(noun)

a small flat piece of wood etc, with a hole for the thumb, on which an artist mixes his colours.

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