Ceramic palettes are mixing dishes, typically with multiple recessed wells, used by ceramists to blend porcelain powders with modeling liquid and shape stains or glaze pigments before application to a restoration. Their design supports controlled, contamination-free mixing of dentin, enamel, and effect porcelains needed for accurate shade layering, and reusable palettes are cleaned between shades to prevent color cross-contamination. As a simple but essential consumable in the hand-layering stage of ceramic restoration fabrication, palette quality and well organization support consistent, repeatable porcelain application across a laboratory's case volume.