palette knife
noun
: a knife with usually a flexible steel blade and no cutting edge used to mix colors or to apply colors (as to a painting)
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Pettis put a half-teaspoon of the vibrant violet color on her palette, and then used the tip of her silver palette knife to capture a spot of color the size of a grain of rice.
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 9 May 2026
Non-brush accessories Some brush sets come with non-brush accessories, such as a palette knife or sponge.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2026
With a palette knife, Callie Siskel scrapes at the raw face of elegy, revealing interior forms on a canvas where the poet’s father lives beyond death.
—Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 26 Nov. 2025
Using your palette knife, scoop a generous amount of spackle and spread it evenly across the canvas.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2025
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 9 May 2026
Non-brush accessories Some brush sets come with non-brush accessories, such as a palette knife or sponge.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2026
With a palette knife, Callie Siskel scrapes at the raw face of elegy, revealing interior forms on a canvas where the poet’s father lives beyond death.
—Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 26 Nov. 2025
Using your palette knife, scoop a generous amount of spackle and spread it evenly across the canvas.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Palette knife.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/palette%20knife. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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