Palette

usgb/ˈpælət/
noun

A thin board with curved edges and a hole for the thumb, used by artists to mix their paints on while they are painting.

She dipped her paintbrush into the blue paint on her palette.
Visual representation of "palette" - A thin board with curved edges and a hole for the thumb, used by artists to mix their paints on while they are painting.

Often appears as...

  • artist's palette
  • color palette
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Physical Object

Remember, this palette is a physical board artists hold to mix colors.

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The painter cleaned his palette after finishing the landscape.
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Creative Tool

A palette is essential for blending paints to create custom colors.

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On her palette, she mixed red and white to make pink.
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Not a Palette

Don't confuse it with 'pallet', a wooden platform for moving cargo.

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His studio had several palettes but no wooden pallets.
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