palette
noun/ˈpælət/
/ˈpælət/
- a thin board with a hole in it for the thumb to go through, used by an artist for mixing colours on when paintingTopics Artc1
Definitions on the go
Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
- [usually singular] (specialist) the colours used by a particular artist
- Greens and browns are typical of Ribera's palette.
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, diminutive of pale ‘shovel’, from Latin pala ‘spade’.
Check pronunciation:
palette