Also means
range of colours
Usage Note
Palette is the board on which a painter mixes colours, and by extension the Farbpalette (colour range) of a work. Figuratively eine breite Palette means a wide assortment.
Examples
"Auf seiner Palette mischte er ein warmes Ocker."
Natural Translation
On his palette he mixed a warm ochre.
Literal Translation
On his palette mixed he a warm ochre.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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