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==Origin==

==Origin==

French, from Middle French, diminutive of ''pale spade'', from [[Latin]] ''pala''; probably akin to Latin ''pangere'' to fix

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]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1622]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1:  a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on

*1:  a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on

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]].

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"].

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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palette_(computing) the computing senses of "palette"].

[[Category: The Arts]]

[[Category: The Arts]]