A palette knife is a blunt tool used for mixing or applying paint, with a flexible steel blade. It is primarily used for applying paint to the canvas, mixing paint colors, adding texture to the painted surface, paste, etc., or for marbling, decorative endpapers, etc.^[1][2] The “palette” in the name is a reference to an artist’s palette which is used for mixing oil paint and acrylic paints.^[3]