palette

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
noun board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used
noun one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor

Borrowed from French palette. Doublet of pallet.

The priestess of art dropped her palette. — Red Rose and Tiger Lily; Or, In a Wider World, L. T. Meade
He took his palette and began to work. — Anna Karenina, Leo, graf Tolstoy
You can't help it when the palettes are hung up. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling

pallet

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