American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - n. A board, typically with a hole for the thumb, which
an artist can hold while painting and on which colors are mixed.
- n. The range of colors used in a particular painting or by a
particular artist: a limited palette. - n. The range of
qualities inherent in nongraphic art forms such as music and
literature. Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia - n. A thin
usually oval or oblong board or tablet with a hole for the thumb
at one end, on which a painter lays his pigments when painting.
- n. The set of colors or pigments available for one class or
character of work; the set of colors which a painter has on his
palette when painting a picture: thus, in ceramics the under-
glaze palette is much more limited than the over-glaze. - n. In
metal-working, a breastplate against which a person leans to
furnish pressure for the hand-drill. - n. In medicine: A light
wooden spatula used for percussion in massage. - n. A light
splint for the hand. - n. A sm