palette
/ˈpælət/noun
1- a thin board or slab on which an artist lays and mixes colours调色板。
1.1
- the range of colours used by a particular artist or in a particular picture（某一画家或某一幅画用的）一组颜色：
I choose a palette of natural, earthy colours.
我选用一组自然朴实的颜色。
1.2
- figurative the range or variety of tonal or instrumental colour in a musical piece〈喻〉（乐曲的）一组音调; 音色：
he commands the sort of tonal palette which this music needs.
他把握住了这首曲子所需要的那种音色。
1.3
- (in computer graphics) the range of colours or shapes available to the user（计算机绘图用语）绘图工具窗口, 调色板（供用户选用的一组颜色或图形）。
词源
late 18th cent.: from French， diminutive of pale 'shovel'， from Latin pala 'spade'.