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palette

nounfeminine/pɐˈletɐ/medium

pa·le·ta

Definitions

1A thin board or slab on which an artist lays and mixes colors.
The painter cleaned his palette with a scraper.
She squeezed fresh paint onto her wooden palette.
Common collocations
painter's palettecolor palette
2The range of colors used in a particular painting, design, or digital interface.
The website uses a warm palette of oranges and browns.
The film's color palette is very desaturated.
Common collocations
palette of colorscolor scheme

Etymology

Do italiano 'paletta', diminutivo de 'pala'.

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