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調色板 (ちょうしょくばん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

調ちょう色しょく板ばん

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Meanings

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noun

Refers to the flat board used by painters to mix colors. A straightforward technical term.

画が家かは調ちょう色しょく板ばんの上うえで絵えの具ぐを混まぜた。
The painter mixed paints on the palette.

Kanji

調tune, tone, meter
色color
板plank, board, plate

Similar words

パレット
パレット is the common loanword for 'palette' in both art and computing contexts. 調色板 is a more technical or traditional Japanese term specifically for the physical painter's palette.

Etymology

Compound of 調色 (color mixing) and 板 (board). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word transparently describes a board for mixing colors.