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palette

pal.ette \'pal-*t\ n [F, fr. MF, dim. of pale spade, shovel, fr. L pala] 1: 
   a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet with a hole for the thumb at  
   one end by which a painter holds it and on which he lays and mixes pigments 
   2: the set of colors put on the palette