A palette is a necessary accompaniment to the equipment ; and, as in some other things, there is a wide latitude for selection and individual preference. It is useful to mix and hold colors ready for use.
Formerly a square of heavy ground glass was considered all that was desirable, but it has been superseded by several others much better.
That most generally uses is a white glazed tile. Either on 6 X 6 or 8 X 8, will be found suitable.
A piece of plain window glass will of course answer the purpose admirably ; but if this is substituted for the white tile, it is recommended to fasten something white, either paper or muslin under it, in order to enable the painter to distinctly see the exact shade of color.
As the glass and the colors are both transparent, the latter would be seen to a disadvantage if placed on anything else than white. In other words, whatever the glass rests upon would influence the colors, and to a certain extent impart an apparent tinge of color they would not otherwise have.
In using either a tile or a piece of glass, place the colors in a row across the top, at equi-distant
