palette
pronunciation
How to pronounce palette in British English:
UK [ˈpælət]
How to pronounce palette in American English:
US [ˈpælɪt]
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- Noun:
- the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
- board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used
- one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor
Word Origin
- palette (n.)
- 1620s, "flat thin tablet used by an artist to lay and mix colors," from French palette, from Old French palete "small shovel, blade" (13c.) diminutive of pale "shovel, blade," from Latin pala "spade, shoulder blade," probably from PIE *pak-slo-, from root *pag- (see pact). Transferred sense of "colors used by a particular artist" is from 1882.
Example
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- 2. Let the river become your palette .
- 3. For example , visitors can use an interactive color palette to find products of a particular hue .
- 4. It 's a bit like having a palette of colors to dip your paintbrush in .
- 5. The extensive research done on people 's responses to colors informs my palette .