Palette (painting)

As a palette or color palette is called in painting a provided with a thumb hole panel of mostly polished wood, rare porcelain or metal, for mixing the colors while painting.

The range of expression comes over French palette " small round board " from Latin pala, which as much as spade, shoulder blade and blade means, ie an object with a manageable area. Painters use pallets mainly with painting with oil paints.

From different painters of the 19th century with painted miniatures range

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