palette

palette
[ˈpalɪt]
noun
  1. a thin board or slab on which an artist lays and mixes colours
    调色板
    ■the range of colours used by a particular artist or in a particular picture
    (某一画家或某一幅画用的)一组颜色
    I choose a palette of natural, earthy colours.
    我选用一组自然朴实的颜色。
    ■(figurative)the range or variety of tonal or instrumental colour in a musical piece
    (喻)(乐曲的)一组音调;音色
    he commands the sort of tonal palette which this music needs.
    他把握住了这首曲子所需要的那种音色。
    ■(in computer graphics) the range of colours or shapes available to the user
    (计算机绘图用语)绘图工具窗口,调色板(供用户选用的一组颜色或图形)
语源
  1. late 18th cent.: from French, diminutive of pale 'shovel', from Latin pala 'spade'
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