Palette: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Palette noun. The range of colours an artist uses, or the board on which the paint is mixed.
How to say it
PAL-it/ˈpalɪt/
2 syllables, stressed on the first (PAL).
Palette in a sentence
The new kitchen keeps to a calm palette of sage, oat and charcoal.
He scraped the dried paint off his palette and started the sky again.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- colour scheme
- range
- tones
Where palette comes from
French for a little shovel, from Latin pala, spade.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
He scraped the dried paint off his _____ and started the sky again.
- cacophony
- palette
- montage
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palette: He scraped the dried paint off his palette and started the sky again.