Paletteとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from French palette. Doublet of pallet.

An oil painting palette.

An eyeshadow palette.

Screenshot of software showing a color palette and several tool palettes.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpælɪt/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈpælɪt/, /ˈpælət/
• (米国発音, nonstandard) IPA: /pəˈlɛt/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈpælət/
• 韻: -ælɪt
• 異形同音異義語: palate, pallet, pallette

名詞

palette (plural palettes)

1. (painting) A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.
2. A set of colours available to be used (or mixed).

   she removed an eyeshadow palette from her bag

   use your mouse to select the colour you want to use from the circular colour palette

3. The range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.
   • 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 5:

     The unified colour palette of reds, blues, and yellows used throughout the signage matches that of the institution’s logo and letterhead.

4. The range of tones or tone colors in a given musical composition or performance.
5. A set of makeup including a variety of colors, often packaged together in a tray.
6. (computing, graphical user interface) A visual selection of colours, tools, commands, etc.
   • 2011, James Wedding, Dana Probert, Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009, page 394:

     It would be extremely beneficial to have the right subassemblies with the parameters already set available on your tool palette.

7. (historical) A plate of armour covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.
8. A plate against which a person presses their chest to give force to a hand-operated drill.
9. (figurative, uncommon) Any set or group of limited choices, options, or tasks from all ones that are currently available.

使用する際の注意点

• Not to be confused with palate or pallet.

派生語

アナグラム

• peltate