> And why is palette not palette bar? My guess that's because palette, the real world object, is something close to a bar itself, so it would be a bit of tauto

> And why is palette not palette bar? My guess that's because palette, the real world object, is something close to a bar itself, so it would be a bit of tautology. From the dictionary: Palette: a thin board or slab on which an artist lays and mixes colours.