palette
noun /ˈpælət/
  /ˈpælət/
 - a thin board with a hole in it for the thumb to go through, used by an artist for mixing colours on when paintingTopics Artc1
enlarge image - [usually singular] (specialist) the colours used by a particular artist
- Greens and browns are typical of Ribera's palette.
 
 
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, diminutive of pale ‘shovel’, from Latin pala ‘spade’.
