palette

A board, typically with a hole for the thumb, which an artist can hold while painting and on which colors are mixed.

The range of colors used in a visual medium, in a picture, or by an artist.

Any similar set of elements or qualities, such as musical notes, used in a medium, in a composition, or by an artist.

A thin usually oval or oblong board or tablet with a hole for the thumb at one end, on which a painter lays his pigments when painting.

The set of colors or pigments available for one class or character of work; the set of colors which a painter has on his palette when painting a picture: thus, in ceramics the under-glaze palette is much more limited than the over-glaze.

In metal-working, a breastplate against which a person leans to furnish pressure for the hand-drill.

In medicine: A light wooden spatula used for percussion in massage.

A light splint for the hand.

A small plate protecting the gusset of the armor.