A color palette most often refers to a collection of colors used to manage digital images and graphics. Even then there are several different meanings of the term, depending on what aspect one is referring to. A color palette may be meant to mean the physical capabilities of a particular item of hardware, such as a video graphics card, regarding the number of colors or resolution that hardware
. is able to display. Alternatively, the color palette may also be a listing of actual colors present in a given digital image or photograph. There are several other instances in which the term color palette can be used, the meanings all dependent on the particular context or application it is being used to describe.
