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   pal·ette

   /ˈpalət/

   noun

   • 1. a thin board or slab on which an artist lays and mixes colors.
   • ▪ the range of colors used by a particular artist or in a particular picture: "I choose a palette of natural, earthy colors"
   • ▪ the range or variety of tonal or instrumental color in a musical piece: "he commands the sort of tonal palette that this music needs"
   • ▪ (in computer graphics) the range of colors or shapes available to the user.
   • ▪ a small flat case containing several separate shades of eyeshadow or other makeup product: "our Essential Eyes palette has eight mix-and-match shades"

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the form pallet): from French, diminutive of pale ‘shovel’, variant of pelle, from Latin pala ‘spade’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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