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palette

palette

46 4.6
A thin board artists use to mix paint, or the group of colors they use
  • noun
  • /ˈpælɪt/
translation icon : paleta
  • And then I use my Pat McGrath rose palette on my eyes.
  • color palette
  • an artist's palette
  • palette and paint

But I want to stick with this blue palette and these jeans.

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Examples

  • But the shimmers in this palette are stunning.

  • After the story, Van Gogh took up his palette again, working silently.

    Academic text (2002)

  • I went to the launch of this palette a few weeks ago.

  • So now let's open up the gold palette that looks like this.

    Louie's Life

  • There was a new color palette.

    Here Comes a New Challenger (2023)

  • Green is the dominant color in the palette, followed by black.

    Academic text (2003)

  • I'm going to use the Nude Mood palette in Oh Natural.

  • I have the Two Faced sweet Peach palette which is divine.

  • The artist works on a square plastic palette that has two mixing areas and a cover.

  • We chose the color for our bedroom from a palette of about a thousand hues.

Synonyms

color scheme
vspalette
  • US
19 3.4

A planned set of colors used to make a room or item look good

is more general meaning an artist's whole selection or mixing board
colorway
vspalette
  • Jargon
2 6.0

A set of colors used together for a product or design

is broader covering an artist's overall range not just a single arrangement
coloration
vspalette
  • US
1 5.5

The way an artist chooses and uses colors in a work

focuses more on a selected range of colors rather than the act of choosing
pallet
vspalette
6.7

A flat board painters use to mix their colors

is the more common spelling for that board and color set

Compounds

palette knife
1 5.4

A thin flat tool artists use to mix and spread oil paint on a palette or canvas

eyeshadow palette
1 3.2

A small box of colored powders or creams used to put color on the eyes

vibrant palette
4.8

A set of bright, strong colors used in art and design

How Wide

palette
46 4.6
monochrome
2 6.1

Surface Forms

palette singular
palettes plural

Etymology

Palette for an artist's board comes from French palette, originally a small 'paddle' or board, and from Latin pala meaning 'spade' or 'paddle'. So imagine a little wooden 'paddle' you hold to mix paints, and by extension the set of colors an artist uses is also called a palette.