Confusables Entry 269 / 1011 60-second read

Palate vs. Palette vs Pallet

Taste/roof of mouth versus a color range versus a shipping platform.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

We need to choose a color palate for the UI.

✓ Correct

We need to choose a color palette for the UI.

The ruleii

PALATE = taste or roof of the mouth.

Three-way homophone. In frontend design, 'palette' is used constantly, but often misspelled as the other two.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Pal-E-tte is for d-E-sign. Pal-L-et is for L-ifting (on a truck).

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