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palette

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palette  \Pal"ette\,  n.  [See  {Pallet}  a  thin  board.] 
  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.  [Written  also  {pallet}.] 
 
  2.  (Anc.  Armor)  One  of  the  plates  covering  the  points  of 
  junction  at  the  bend  of  the  shoulders  and  elbows. 
  --Fairholt. 
 
  3.  (Mech.)  A  breastplate  for  a  breast  drill. 
 
  {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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  palette 
  n  1:  the  range  of  colour  characteristic  of  a  particular  artist  or 
  painting  or  school  of  art"  [syn:  {pallet}] 
  2:  a  flat  surface  on  which  artists  mix  paints  and  the  range  of 
  colors  used  [syn:  {pallet}] 
  3:  one  of  the  rounded  plates  at  the  armpits  of  a  suit  of  armor 
  [syn:  {pallette}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  palette 
 
  {colour  palette}




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