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Palette

Palette Meaning & Definition
Palette Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Palette?

[n] board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used
[n] one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor
[n] the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art

Synonyms | Synonyms for Palette: pallet | pallet | pallette

Related Terms | Find terms related to Palette: air brush | art paper | brush | camera lucida | camera obscura | canvas | chalk | charcoal | crayon | drawing paper | drawing pencil | drier | easel | fixative | ground | lay figure | maulstick | medium | paint | paintbrush | palette knife | pastel | pencil | pigments | scratchboard | siccative | sketchbook | sketchpad | spatula | spray gun | stump | varnish

See Also | ambit | armor plate | armor plating | armour plate | board | body armor | body armour | cataphract | coat of mail | compass | orbit | plate armor | plate armour | range | reach | scope | suit of armor | suit of armour

Palette In Webster's Dictionary

\Pal"ette\, n. [See {Pallet} a thin board.] 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. [Written also {pallet}.] 2. (Anc. Armor) One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows. --Fairholt. 3. (Mech.) A breastplate for a breast drill. {Palette knife}, a knife with a very flexible steel blade and no cutting edge, rounded at the end, used by painters to mix colors on the grinding slab or palette. {To set the palette} (Paint.), to lay upon it the required pigments in a certain order, according to the intended use of them in a picture. --Fairholt.

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