Definition of Palettes

1. Noun. (plural of palette) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Palettes

1. palette [n] - See also: palette

Lexicographical Neighbors of Palettes

paletiology
paletot
paletots
palets
palette
palette knife
palette knives
palette swap
palette swapped
palette swapping
palette swaps
palette window
palette windows
paletted
palettelike
palettes (current term)
palettise
palettised
palettising
palettization
palettize
palettized
palettizes
palettizing
paleways
palewise
palfrey
palfreyed
palfreys
pali-

Literary usage of Palettes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On Drawing and Painting by Denman Waldo Ross (1912)
"SET-palettes GIVEN a palette with a sufficient variety of pigments set out upon ... I propose, now, to describe a number of limited set-palettes which will ..."

2. Primitive Art in Egypt by Jean Capart (1905)
"It is decorated with figures of animals, which should be compared with those we shall presently study on the slate palettes (Figs. ..."

3. Primitive Art in Egypt by Jean Capart (1905)
"Beyond all question it is the slate palettes which provide us with the finest ... palettes, and we need not therefore dwell long on and ornaments the ..."

4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1883)
"The roundels, or palettes, protecting the armpits were sometimes ornamented with a boss, in whose centre was a small spike. ..."

5. China Painting: A Practical Manual for the Use of Amateurs in the Decoration by Mary Louise McLaughlin (1889)
"... by the action of the fire, which forbids mixtures which would be quite innocent in either of the former mediums. The following palettes are, however, ..."

6. Handbook of Young Artists and Amateurs in Oilpainting: Being Chiefly a by Laughton Osborn, Pierre Louis Bouvier (1849)
"palettes are either oval, or oblong and rectangular, that is, in the. form of ... Previously to using them, wooden palettes have to undergo a preparation to ..."

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