Palette
English Meaning
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.
- A board, typically with a hole for the thumb, which an artist can hold while painting and on which colors are mixed.
- The range of colors used in a particular painting or by a particular artist: a limited palette.
- The range of qualities inherent in nongraphic art forms such as music and literature.