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(păl'ĭt) pronunciation
n.
  1. A board, typically with a hole for the thumb, which an artist can hold while painting and on which colors are mixed.
    1. The range of colors used in a particular painting or by a particular artist: a limited palette.
    2. The range of qualities inherent in nongraphic art forms such as music and literature.

[French, from Old French, small potter's shovel, diminutive of pale, shovel, spade, from Latin pāla.]


(1) An on-screen window that displays a group of icons/buttons that represent selections to choose from. Palettes may be fixed or customizable. Although it originated for color choices, the term evolved into generic usage. In contrast to a menu, in which the selections are normally hidden, a palette is like a toolbar with options visible at all times.

(2) The available colors in the computer's hardware or graphics file formats. See indexed color and color palette.

(3) An on-screen sample of available colors that may be selected by the user. For example, in a graphics program, it is used for selecting colors to paint images or draw objects. In a business application, the palette is used to select colors for fonts and backgrounds.

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A slab of stone or wood for grinding and mixing substances such as paint or cosmetics.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - palet

idioms:

  • palette knife    paletkniv

Nederlands (Dutch)
palet

Français (French)
n. - palette

idioms:

  • palette knife    (Art) couteau à palette, (Culin) palette

Deutsch (German)
n. - Palette

idioms:

  • palette knife    Palettenmesser

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παλέτα

idioms:

  • palette knife    σπάτουλα ζωγραφικής/μαγειρικής

Italiano (Italian)
tavolozza

idioms:

  • palette knife    spatola

Português (Portuguese)
n. - paleta (f)

idioms:

  • palette knife    espátula (f)

Русский (Russian)
палитра

idioms:

  • palette knife    шпатель

Español (Spanish)
n. - paleta

idioms:

  • palette knife    espátula

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - palett

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
调色板, 颜料

idioms:

  • palette knife    调色刀

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 調色板, 顏料

idioms:

  • palette knife    調色刀

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 팔레트, 색채의 종류, 겨드랑받이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - パレット, 独特の色彩

idioms:

  • palette knife    パレットナイフ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فرشه, فرشه قش, مالج, مفرش, منصه, منصه تحميل, لقاطه, مساكه, ضفارة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לוח צבעים‬


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