palette

6 definitions • 10 examples

a thin board with curved edges and a hole for your thumb, used by artists to mix their paints on while they are painting:

I was like an artist with his palette.

He showed his student how to prepare a palette.

the range of colours that a painter, photographer, film maker, etc. usually uses:

Matisse's palette typically consists of bright blues, greens and oranges.

The director returns to the saturated colour palettes that made him famous.

the range of colours used in the decoration of a house, etc.:

She chose a muted palette - putty green in the living room, a rich brown in the bedroom.

I love this quilt, the colour palette is so soft and soothing.

the range of colours available to the user of a computer, etc.:

Pixels of two colours from the 16 colour palette could be displayed in each block.

a flat case containing make-up such as eyeshadow or highlighter of different colours:

This palette contains nine of our bestselling eye colours.

I decided I just couldn't live without those glamorous makeup palettes that I spotted in duty free.

a thin board that artists use to hold and mix paints before putting them on the picture surface, or a range of colors, esp. those typically used by an artist:

Van Gogh’s palette included brilliant yellows and blues.