palette

1. N-COUNT A palette is a flat piece of wood or plastic on which an artist mixes paints. 調色磐

The painter's right hand holds the brush, the left the palette. 那位畫家的右手握著畫筆，左手拿著調色磐。

2. N-COUNT You can refer to the range of colours that are used by a particular artist or group of artists as their palette. (畫家使用的) 色彩範圍

He paints from a palette consisting almost exclusively of grey and mud brown. 他畫畫幾乎衹用包含灰色和土褐色的色調。