palette

     

A palette (IPA: /ˈpælɨt/) is: a surface on which a painter mixes colour pigments. A palette may be mae of wood, glass, plastic, ceramic tile or other inert material and can vary greatly in size and shape. The most commonly known type of painter's palette is made of thin wood board designed to be held in the artist's hand and rest on the artist's arm.

Trivia about palette

  • Its name also refers to the range of colors an artist uses
  • The name of this item seen here can also refer to the entire range of colors used by an artist
  • An artist may have one of these boards with a thumbhole on which to mix his paints
  • [Video] Object seen here: (Alex held an odd-shaped flat board with a hole in it that contained different colors of paint on it.)
  • A board on which a painter mixes colors, or the range of colors he uses
  • Some makeup shades come in one of these containers named for a board on which artists mix paints
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew points to an image of a painting on a screen.) In Monet's work, we see the impressionist's varied colors, known as "the rainbow" this

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