PALETTE

[noun] [C] - a thin board on which a person painting a picture mixes their paints before putting them on to the picture. It usually has rounded edges and a hole through which you put your thumb in order to hold it while you paint.She mixes her colours on the canvas rather than on the palette.See picture: Drawing and painting(specialized) A palette is also the range of colours that an artist usually paints with.Matisse's palette typically consists of bright blues, greens and oranges.A palette knife is a knife with a wide thin blade, a rounded end and no sharp edge, used to mix paints together and also to spread soft substances when cooking.