1. A board, typically with a hole for the thumb, which an artist can hold while painting and on which colors are mixed. 2a. The range of colors used in a particular painting or by a particular artist: a limited palette.b. The range of qualities inherent in nongraphic art forms such as music and literature.
ETYMOLOGY:
French, from Old French, small potter's shovel, diminutive of pale, shovel, spade, from Latin pla. See pag- in Appendix I.
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