Meaning

noun the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art

noun a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it

noun a hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay

originSaid to be from Middle English *palet, from Middle French *palet, from Middle French pal (“pale”), ultimately from Latin palla (“a strip of cloth”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0