palette

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

The painter's right hand holds the brush, the left the palette. 那位画家的右手握着画笔，左手拿着调色盘。

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. (画家使用的) 色彩范围

He paints from a palette consisting almost exclusively of grey and mud brown. 他画画几乎只用包含灰色和土褐色的色调。