[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

palette \pal"ette\, n. see pallet a thin board.
   1913 webster
   1. paint. 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. hence, any other object,
      usually one with a flat surface, used for the same
      purpose. written also pallet.
      1913 webster

   2. hence: the complete set of colors used by an artist or
      other person in creating an image, in any medium. the
      meaning of this term has been extended in modern times to
      include the set of colors used in a particular computer
      application, or the complete set of of colors available in
      computer displays or printing techniques.
      pjc

   3. hence: the complete range of resources and techniques used
      in any art, such as music.
      pjc

   4. anc. armor one of the plates covering the points of
      junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.
      --fairholt.
      1913 webster

   5. mech. a breastplate for a breast drill.
      1913 webster

   palette knife, a knife with a very flexible steel blade and
      no cutting edge, rounded at the end, used by painters to
      mix colors on the grinding slab or palette.

   to set the palette paint., to lay upon it the required
      pigments in a certain order, according to the intended use
      of them in a picture. --fairholt.
      1913 webster
see also:
pallet pallet palette knife to set the palette 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

palette
     n 1: the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or
          painting or school of art syn: pallet
     2: board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix
        paints and the range of colors used syn: pallet
     3: one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of
        armor syn: pallette
see also:
pallet pallette 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

32 moby thesaurus words for "palette":
   air brush, art paper, brush, camera lucida, camera obscura, canvas,
   chalk, charcoal, crayon, drawing paper, drawing pencil, drier,
   easel, fixative, ground, lay figure, maulstick, medium, paint,
   paintbrush, palette knife, pastel, pencil, pigments, scratchboard,
   siccative, sketchbook, sketchpad, spatula, spray gun, stump,
   varnish

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

palette
     
        colour palette
     
     
see also:
colour palette 

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