Palette

pal′et, n. a little oval board on which a painter mixes his colours: the special arrangement of colours for any particular picture: a plate against which a person pre es his breast to give force to a drill worked by the hand: a small plate covering a joint in armour.— n. Pal′ette-knife , a thin round-pointed knife for mixing colours on the grinding slab. [Fr.,—It. paletta — pal a , spade—L. pal a , a spade.]