palette

noun9

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

   • Use your mouse to select the colour you want to use from the circular colour palette.
3. •
   A set of makeup including a variety of colors, often packaged together in a tray.

   • She removed an eyeshadow palette from her bag.
4. •
   A visual selection of colours, tools, commands, etc.

   • It would be extremely beneficial to have the right subassemblies with the parameters already set available on your tool palette. — 2011
5. •
   (figurative) Any set or group of limited choices, options, or tasks from all ones that are currently available.

   • For the San Francisco project, he whittled down the palette to a handful of key surfaces, chief among them French limestone, hard oak, and Danish brick—long, slender, stunning. — 2026
6. •
   The range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.

   • The unified colour palette of reds, blues, and yellows used throughout the signage matches that of the institution’s logo and letterhead. — 2019
7. •
   The range of tones or tone colors in a given musical composition or performance.
8. •
   A plate against which a person presses their chest to give force to a hand-operated drill.
9. •
   (historical) A plate of armour covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.