palette
noun/ˈpælət/
/ˈpælət/
- a thin board with a hole in it for the thumb to go through, used by an artist for mixing colours on when paintingTopics Artc1
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- [usually singular] (specialist) the colours used by a particular artist
- Greens and browns are typical of Ribera's palette.
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, diminutive of pale ‘shovel’, from Latin pala ‘spade’.
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