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palette

Any surface on which paints are mixed and used, generally a portable piece of wood. By extension, the term has come to mean the range of colours favoured by a particular painter.
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The quadroon sat for hours before Edna's palette, patient as a savage, while the house-maid took charge of the children, and the drawing-room went undusted.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
The artist stared a moment, gave a little pout, shrugged her shoulders, put down her palette and brushes, and stood rubbing her hands.
The American by James, Henry View in context
He gave a gasp of relief when he beheld me, full of life, with my palette on my thumb, gazing fondly on my new canvas.
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