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Meanings of palette in English

Russian
колорит

Art term; selection, harmony, shading and composition of the different colors in a painting.

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колорит
Portuguese
paleta
Spanish
paleta

Board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used.

paleta
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Examples for "pallet"
Examples for "pallet"
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Returning to the pallet of matting she finished her breakfast in silence.
The Yoke / A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Chil...
2
He vomited in the water closet and then collapsed onto his pallet.
The Golem and the Jinni
3
The boy crawled from off the little pallet and tried to rise.
Shadows of Shasta
4
Sharp acidity followed by lovely richness of stone fruit on the pallet.
The South African
5
And it revealed what my immediate musical pallet was saying about me.
Wired
Portuguese
paleta
Spanish
gocete

One of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor.

paleta
Usage of palette in English
1
Tries to reduce the number of colors in the palette, if possible.
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2
I'm sorry, it's time to leave the Urban Decay palette at home.
News.com.au
3
First, the palette board, although very nice-looking, is really not very necessary.
Wired
4
Every space in this house is a different colour palette and style.
News.com.au
5
The Personal Style: Right now, I am embracing a more muted palette.
Ebony
6
Earl Grey needs to make way for Five Roses on the palette.
The South African
7
This year the palette of colours could only be described as magical.
The Irish Times
8
Saying we love this palette is probably the understatement of the century.
Ebony
9
The bright color palette resulted in an orange tint to fleshtones, however.
Reuters
10
The colour palette in Jimmy and Tam's master bedroom was quite successful.
News.com.au
11
Painters will never go back to the muddy palette of the past.
Promenades of an Impressionist
12
She began to squeeze the tubes of colors on to the palette.
Dorian
13
The painter squeezed a daub of brilliant red on to her palette.
Dorian
14
White had been mixed on the palette whence the colors were drawn.
The Emigrant Trail
15
Oliver stands before his easel, his palette and brushes in his hand.
The Fortunes of Oliver Horn
16
Slip in your hand, and you will bring out a magic palette.
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Translations for palette
Portuguese
paletapálete
Palette through the time
Palette across language varieties
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Common
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