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See also:PALETTE (the Fr. diminutive of See also:pale, See also:spade, blade of an See also:oar, from See also:Lat. Pala, spade, See also:baker's See also:shovel or See also:peel; cf. pandere, to spread) , a See also:term applied to many See also:objects which are See also:flat and thin, and specifically to a thin tablet made of See also:wood, See also:porcelain, or other material on which artists See also:place their See also:colours . The term is also used of the shallow See also:box, with partitions for the different coloured tesserae, used by See also:mosaic workers . By transference the colours which an individual artist employs are known as his " See also:palette." The " palette-See also:knife " is a thin flexible knife used for arranging the colours on the palette, &c., and also for the application of See also:colour on the See also:canvas in large masses . |
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