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palette noun

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Definition

[C] a thin board with curved edges and a hole for your thumb, used by an artist to mix their paints on while they are painting
[C usually singular] specialized the range of colours that an artist usually paints with
Matisse's palette typically consists of bright blues, greens and oranges.

(Definition of palette noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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