palette
noun /ˈpælət/
/ˈpælət/
- enlarge imagea thin board with a hole in it for the thumb to go through, used by an artist for mixing colours on when paintingTopics Artc1
- [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’.