palette

English

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Etymology

From French palette

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈpælɪt/, /ˈpælət/

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• Rhymes: -ælɪt
• Homophones: palate, pallet, pallette

Noun

palette (plural palettes)

1. A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.
2. The range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.
3. (computing, graphical user interface) A visual selection of colours, tools, commands, etc.
4. A plate of armour covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.

Derived terms

• floating palette
• palette swap
• palettize
• subpalette

Translations

board

Chinese: Mandarin: 調色板 (cmn), 调色板 (cmn) (tiáosèbǎn) Czech: paleta (cs) Finnish: paletti (fi) German: Farbpalette (de) f., Palette (de) f. Greek: παλέτα (el) f. Hebrew: פתכה (he) (ptekhá) f.

Italian: tavolozza (it) f. Japanese: パレット (paretto) Korean: 팔레트 Neapolitan: tavulozza f. Russian: палитра (ru) f. Swedish: palett (sv) c.

range of colors

Czech: paleta, barevná paleta Finnish: väripaletti Italian: tavolozza f., gamma di colori f.

Macedonian: палета (mk) (paléta) f. Spanish: gama de colores (es) f.

Anagrams

• peltate

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French

Etymology

From Old French palete (pale +‎ -ette, "diminutive").

Noun

palette f. (plural palettes)

1. palette

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Italian

Noun

palette f.

1. Plural form of paletta.

Anagrams

• peltate