palette

Meaning

Noun

• A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.
• The range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.
• A visual selection of colours, tools, commands, etc.
• A plate of armour covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.
• A plate against which a person presses their chest to give force to a hand-operated drill.

Origin

• Borrowed from French palette. pallet.