Farbpalette

colour palette

noun FARB-pa-let-e Rare

Also means

range of colours used by an artist

Usage Note

Farbpalette can mean the physical painter's palette or, more abstractly, the set of colours characteristic of an artwork or artist. Eine warme Farbpalette suggests warm, earthy tones dominating a composition.

Examples

"Der Künstler verwendete eine ungewöhnlich leuchtende Farbpalette."

Natural Translation

The artist used an unusually vivid colour palette.

Literal Translation

The artist used an unusually luminous colour-palette.

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