The palate is literally the roof of the mouth, and so the means of testing the taste of something, or the pleasure of taste itself: Too much junk food can ruin your palate; The white wine appealed to her palate. A palette is the board on which an artist mixes paints to make different colours. It is sometimes used to refer to a range of colours.
Yellow represents the golden land of South America. Blue stands for the ocean separating the country from Spain. Red symbolizes the blood and courage of the people resisting the tyrants. Effective date: 26 November 1861.