palette

See also: Palette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French palette. Doublet of pallet.

An oil painting palette.

An eyeshadow palette.

Screenshot of software showing a color palette and several tool palettes.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpælɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpælɪt/, /ˈpælət/
• (US, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /pəˈlɛt/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpælət/

• Audio (US):

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

Noun

palette (plural palettes)

1. (painting) 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.
   • 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 5:

     The unified colour palette of reds, blues, and yellows used throughout the signage matches that of the institution’s logo and letterhead.

3. The range of tones or tone colors in a given musical composition or performance.
4. A set of makeup including a variety of colors, often packaged together in a tray.
5. (computing, graphical user interface) A visual selection of colours, tools, commands, etc.
   • 2011, James Wedding, Dana Probert, Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009, page 394:

     It would be extremely beneficial to have the right subassemblies with the parameters already set available on your tool palette.

6. (historical) A plate of armour covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.
7. A plate against which a person presses their chest to give force to a hand-operated drill.
8. The tincture palettes used for coloring flags and coats of arms.
9. (figurative, uncommon) Any set or group of limited choices, options, or tasks from all ones that are currently available.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with palate.

Derived terms

• palette knife
• palette swap
• palette window
• palettize
• parallel palette
• subpalette
• wet palette

Translations

board

• Armenian: ներկապնակ (hy) (nerkapnak)
• Bulgarian: палитра (bg) f (palitra)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調色板 / 调色板 (zh) (tiáosèbǎn)

• Czech: paleta (cs)
• Danish: palet c
• Dutch: palet (nl) n
• Esperanto: paletro
• Finnish: paletti (fi)
• French: palette (fr) f
• German: Farbpalette (de) f, Palette (de) f
• Greek: παλέτα (el) f (paléta)
• Hebrew: פתכה (he) f (ptekhá)
• Hungarian: paletta (hu)
• Italian: tavolozza (it) f
• Japanese: パレット (ja) (paretto)
• Korean: 팔레트 (palleteu)
• Maori: papatā, paewhakaranu
• Neapolitan: tavulozza f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: palett m

  Nynorsk: palett m

• Polish: paleta (pl) f
• Portuguese: paleta (pt) f
• Russian: пали́тра (ru) f (palítra)
• Spanish: paleta (es) f
• Swedish: palett (sv) c
• Tagalog: paleta
• Turkish: palet (tr)
• Ukrainian: палітра f (palitra)

range of colors

• Armenian: ներկապնակ (hy) (nerkapnak)
• Bulgarian: палитра (bg) f (palitra)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調色盤 / 调色盘 (tiáosèpán), 顏色板 / 颜色板

• Czech: paleta (cs), barevná paleta
• Finnish: väripaletti
• French: palette (fr) f
• Gujarati: તકતી (taktī)
• Hungarian: paletta (hu), színskála (hu)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} tavolozza (it) f, ^{(please verify)} gamma di colori f
• Macedonian: пале́та f (paléta)
• Polish: paleta (pl) f
• Portuguese: paleta (pt) f
• Russian: пали́тра (ru) f (palítra)
• Spanish: gama de colores f, paleta (es) f
• Swedish: palett (sv) c, spektrum (sv) n, färgskala (sv) c
• Ukrainian: палітра f (palitra)

Anagrams

• peltate

French

Etymology

From pale +‎ -ette (diminutive) (late 18th century).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

palette f (plural palettes)

1. palette
   • 2015 July 17, Monde‎^[1]:

     Repéré par tous les réseaux de foodistas depuis son lancement, en 2011, le Braisenville a imposé son décor, censé évoquer la palette chromatique du barbecue (lustres orange braise, briques noir charbon, sol ciment gris cendre), et un vrai concept culinaire.

     Noted by all the networks of foodistas since its launch in 2011, the Braisenville imposed its decor, meant to evoke the chromatic palette of the barbecue (orange ember chandeliers, carbon black bricks, ash grey cement floor), and a real culinary concept.

2. pallet, a wooden frame on which things are laden

Derived terms

• couteau à palette

Descendants

• → English: palette
• → Turkish: palet
• → Russian: палитра (palitra)

Further reading

• “palette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

palette f

1. plural of paletta

Anagrams

• peltate

Middle English

Noun

palette

1. Alternative form of palate

Norman

Etymology

From Old French palete.

Noun

palette f (plural palettes)

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2. (Jersey) pat (of butter)

Derived terms

• palette dé l'êpaule (“shoulder blade”)
• palette du g'nou (“kneecap”)