Dictionary of English - palate or palette

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The palate is literally the roof of the mouth, and so the means of testing the taste of something, or the pleasure of taste itself: Too much junk food can ruin your palate; The white wine appealed to her palate. A palette is the board on which an artist mixes paints to make different colours. It is sometimes used to refer to a range of colours.

Red, yellow, and green are the pan-African colours. Effective date: 24 September 1973. >>