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==Origin==
French, from Middle French, diminutive of ''pale spade'', from [[Latin]] ''pala''; probably akin to Latin ''pangere'' to fix
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1622]
==Definitions==
*1: a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on
*2: a particular range, [[quality]], or use of [[color]]: a comparable range, quality, or use of available [[elements]] <a rich palette of [[tones]] and timbres> <a palette of flavors>
==Description==
A '''palette''' in the original sense of the word, is a rigid, flat [[surface]] on which a painter arranges and mixes paints. A palette is usually made of wood, plastic, ceramic, or other hard, inert, nonporous material, and can vary greatly in size and [[shape]]. The most commonly known type of painter's palette is made of a thin wood board designed to be held in the artist's hand and rest on the artist's arm. Watercolor palettes are generally made of plastic or porcelain with rectangular or [[wheel]] format with built in wells and mixing areas for [[colors]].
From the original, [[literal]] sense above came a figurative sense by extension, referring to a selection of [[colors]], as used in a specific art object or in a group of works comprising a visual [[style]]. This second, figurative sense is the one extended in the digital era to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palette_(computing) the computing senses of "palette"].
==Origin==
French, from Middle French, diminutive of ''pale spade'', from [[Latin]] ''pala''; probably akin to Latin ''pangere'' to fix
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1622]
==Definitions==
*1: a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on
*2: a particular range, [[quality]], or use of [[color]]: a comparable range, quality, or use of available [[elements]] <a rich palette of [[tones]] and timbres> <a palette of flavors>
==Description==
A '''palette''' in the original sense of the word, is a rigid, flat [[surface]] on which a painter arranges and mixes paints. A palette is usually made of wood, plastic, ceramic, or other hard, inert, nonporous material, and can vary greatly in size and [[shape]]. The most commonly known type of painter's palette is made of a thin wood board designed to be held in the artist's hand and rest on the artist's arm. Watercolor palettes are generally made of plastic or porcelain with rectangular or [[wheel]] format with built in wells and mixing areas for [[colors]].
From the original, [[literal]] sense above came a figurative sense by extension, referring to a selection of [[colors]], as used in a specific art object or in a group of works comprising a visual [[style]]. This second, figurative sense is the one extended in the digital era to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palette_(computing) the computing senses of "palette"].
