Definition of Palette

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Palette

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.

One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.

A breastplate for a breast drill.

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Palette Quotations

In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.
Marc Chagall

I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc.
Jackson Pollock

And I feel that we in our society should not be held by any such myth; that we should do everything we can to gain a delight and joy in our society with all the available parts of the palette.
Minoru Yamasaki

Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there's shadow - no, not just shadow, but fullness. You've got to be willing to mix black into your palette if you want to create something that's real.
Amy Grant

I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn't find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine.
Parker Stevenson

I like to use the audience as my color palette, my instrument.
Bobby McFerrin

Sixteen million colors in your palette are hard for any artist, especially a beginner, to turn down.
Buffy Sainte-Marie

I much prefer playing the bad guys. I think they are always the most interesting characters. I liken it to painting: if you're playing the good guy, you get three colors: red, white and blue. But if you're the bad guy, you get the whole palette.
Ronny Cox

Instead of using brushes all the time, try a palette knife to paint.
Frank Bruno

Palette Translations

palette in German is Palette
palette in Hungarian is paletta

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