Palette
['pælɪt] or ['pælət]
Definition
(noun.) board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used.
(noun.) the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art.
Editor: Shelton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.
(n.) A breastplate for a breast drill.
Typist: Sol
Definition
n. a little oval board on which a painter mixes his colours: the special arrangement of colours for any particular picture: a plate against which a person presses his breast to give force to a drill worked by the hand: a small plate covering a joint in armour.—n. Pal′ette-knife a thin round-pointed knife for mixing colours on the grinding slab.
Edited by Georgina
Examples
- It isn't a mere pleasure trip to me, girls, she said impressively, as she scraped her best palette. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The reasoning is perilously like that of the gifted lady amateur who expects to achieve greatness by imitating the paint box and palette, oils and canvases of an artist. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But she made a wry face at the prospect, and scratched away at her palette as if bent on vigorous measures before she gave up her hopes. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Typist: Sam