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A palette is: (1) a surface on which a painter mixes colour pigment
Pigment

A pigment is a material that changes the color of light it Reflection as the result of selective color absorption. This physical process differs from fluorescence, phosphorescence, and other forms of luminescence, in which the material itself emits light....
s. A palette may be made of wood
Wood

Wood is an organic material; in the strict sense wood is produced as secondary xylem in the stems of woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs, etc....
, glass
Glass

Glass generally refers to a Hardness, brittle, transparency amorphous solid, such as that used for windows, many Glass Bottles, or eyewear, including, but not limited to, soda-lime glass, borosilicate glass, acrylic glass, sugar glass, Muscovite , or aluminium oxynitride....
, plastic
Plastic

Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic chemistry solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products....
, ceramic
Ceramic

File:Bridge from dental porcelain.jpgFile:Qing vase p1070256.jpgA ceramic is an inorganic, nonmetal solid prepared by the action of heat and subsequent cooling....
 tile or other inert
Inert

In English, to be inert is to be in a state of doing little or nothing....
 material and can vary greatly in size and shape. The most commonly known type of painter's palette is made of thin wood board designed to be held in the artist's hand and rest on the artist's arm; (2) the range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.

Palette may also refer to:



A palette should not be confused with the following orthographically
Orthography

The orthography of a language specifies the correct way of using a specific writing system to write the language. Orthography is derived from Greek language ????? orth?s and ???fe?? gr?phein ....
 distinct items:






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A palette is: (1) a surface on which a painter mixes colour pigment
Pigment

A pigment is a material that changes the color of light it Reflection as the result of selective color absorption. This physical process differs from fluorescence, phosphorescence, and other forms of luminescence, in which the material itself emits light....
s. A palette may be made of wood
Wood

Wood is an organic material; in the strict sense wood is produced as secondary xylem in the stems of woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs, etc....
, glass
Glass

Glass generally refers to a Hardness, brittle, transparency amorphous solid, such as that used for windows, many Glass Bottles, or eyewear, including, but not limited to, soda-lime glass, borosilicate glass, acrylic glass, sugar glass, Muscovite , or aluminium oxynitride....
, plastic
Plastic

Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic chemistry solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products....
, ceramic
Ceramic

File:Bridge from dental porcelain.jpgFile:Qing vase p1070256.jpgA ceramic is an inorganic, nonmetal solid prepared by the action of heat and subsequent cooling....
 tile or other inert
Inert

In English, to be inert is to be in a state of doing little or nothing....
 material and can vary greatly in size and shape. The most commonly known type of painter's palette is made of thin wood board designed to be held in the artist's hand and rest on the artist's arm; (2) the range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.

Palette may also refer to:

  • Cosmetic palette
    Cosmetic palette

    The Cosmetic palettes are archaeological artifacts originally used to grind and apply ingredients for facial or body cosmetics. The decorative palettes of the late Fourth millenium BCE appear to have lost this function and became commemorative, ornamental, and possibly ceremonial....
    , an archaeological form
  • Palette (computing)
    Palette (computing)

    In computer graphics, a palette is either a given, finite set of colors for the management of digital images , or a small on-screen graphical element for choosing from a limited set of choices, not necessarily colors ....
    , in computer graphics, a set of colors
  • Palette window, in computing, a window type often containing tools
  • the valve under an organ pipe
    Pipe organ

    The pipe organ is a keyboard musical instrument that produces sound by venting mechanically compressed air through resonant Organ pipe. Each pipe produces sound at one fixed pitch, so they are provided in sets or "ranks" with one pipe or more per note, each rank having a common timbre and loudness throughout....
     which is connected to the keyboard(s)—as opposed to the stop valve
  • the name of a mannequin humanoid robot
    Humanoid robot

    A humanoid robot is a robot with its overall appearance based on that of the human body. In general humanoid robots have a torso with a head, two arms and two legs, although some forms of humanoid robots may model only part of the body, for example, from the waist up....
     designed for the fashion and service industry by Tatsuya Matsui of Flower Robotics, Inc.
  • Palette AOC
    Palette AOC

    Palette is a small wine Appellation d'Origine Contr?l?e in the Provence region of southern France, near Aix-en-Provence. The AOC was established in 1948....
    , a wine Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée in the Provence region of southern France
  • Palette, a villages part of Le Tholonet
    Le Tholonet

    Le Tholonet is a communes of France in the Bouches-du-Rh?ne Departments of France in southern France. It is close to Aix-en-Provence and the Montagne Sainte-Victoire....
    , which gives its name to the Palette AOC
  • Palette Records
    Palette Records

    Palette Records was a record label founded in Belgium 1958 by Jacques Kluger. It was linked to the publishing company World Music, which was taken over by BMG Universal Music in 1989....
    , a record label


A palette should not be confused with the following orthographically
Orthography

The orthography of a language specifies the correct way of using a specific writing system to write the language. Orthography is derived from Greek language ????? orth?s and ???fe?? gr?phein ....
 distinct items:
  • Palate
    Palate

    The palate is the roof of the mouth in humans and vertebrate animals. It separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. The palate is divided into two parts, the anterior bony hard palate, and the posterior fleshy soft palate or velum....
    , the roof of the mouth
  • Pallet
    Pallet

    File:Steel Pallet.JPGA pallet is a flat transport structure that supports goods in a stable fashion while being lifted by a forklift, pallet jack, or other Jack ....
    , a holder for goods for use with a forklift