different between paletted vs palette

English

Etymology

palette +? -ed

Adjective

paletted (not comparable)

1. (computer graphics) palettized
   • 2004, Ralph Barbagallo, Wireless Game Development in Java with MIDP 2.0 (page 304)

     As long as your bitmap is paletted, most programs will reduce the palette down to the fewest colors. However, it may be a good idea to help it along by changing the bit depth to the lowest possible.

   • 2008, Oliver Deussen, Daniel Keim, Dietmar Saupe, Vision, modeling, and visualization 2008: proceedings (page 220)

     Unfortunately, the Intel 2700G provides no hardware support for compressed paletted textures. If compressed paletted textures are used, they are internally expanded to their uncompressed representation.

Anagrams

• peltated

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French palette. Doublet of pallet.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pæl?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pæl?t/, /?pæl?t/
• (US, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /p??l?t/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?pæl?t/
• Rhymes: -æl?t
• Homophones: palate, pallet, pallette

Noun

palette (plural palettes)

1. (painting) A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.
2. The range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.
3. (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.

4. (historical) A plate of armour covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.
5. A plate against which a person presses their chest to give force to a hand-operated drill.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• peltate

French

Etymology

From pale +? -ette (diminutive) (late 18th century).

Pronunciation

Noun

palette f (plural palettes)

1. palette

Derived terms

• couteau à palette

Further reading

• “palette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

palette f

1. plural of paletta

Anagrams

• peltate

Middle English

Noun

palette

1. Alternative form of palate

Norman

Etymology

From Old French palete.

Noun

palette f (plural palettes)

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2. (Jersey) pat (of butter)

Derived terms

• palette dé l'êpaule (“shoulder blade”)
• palette du g'nou (“kneecap”)