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+**Added:**
+
+*  ``xonsh.color_tools.make_palette()``
+
+**Changed:** None
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+*  ``xonsh.color_tools.make_pallette()``
+
+**Removed:** None
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+*  Numerous spelling errors in documentation, docstrings/comments, text
+   strings and local variable names.
+
+*  Spelling error in the ``xonsh.color_tools.make_pallette()`` public
+   function declaration. This was fixed by renaming the function to
+   ``xonsh.color_tools.make_palette()`` while maintaining a binding
+   of ``make_pallette()`` to the new ``make_palette()`` in case users
+   are already used to this API.
+
+**Security:** None