With One Palette

I've been aware for quite some time that artists, along the course of their artistic lives, develop a specific palette. It is as signature to them as the way they dress or the way they wear their hair. An artist's palette defines the artist in a certain way and makes it easier for an audience to identify their work.

My question is this: Can an artist have several different palettes? This question perplexes me. From what I can figure out, I work in three primary palettes. One is more dominant than the other two, but I certainly feel equally excited by all three.

My most dominant palette dwells in the land of earth tones: rich reds, ochres, and quinacridone gold...a yellow green and some deep blue and a dash of purple. The colors are moody and rich. They are, in fact, the colors of my home as well. My second palette, which I turn to primarily with fabric, deals with pastels. I enjoy the soft, aged look of worn and faded fabrics. I choose ivories, pinks, peach, pale turquoise, butter yellow. A soft brown is about as daring as I will get here. It's about a vintage look and times long past. My third palette expresses my wild side, I suppose. It is outlandish and delightfully bright - hot pink, orange, lime green, and vibrant turquoise.

Does that make me less of an artist? Am I an artist with an identity crisis or an artist with no direction? Or perhaps I have yet to find my path and my "style"? But my gut tells me this is not the case. I enjoy all three of my color personalities and feel equally comfortable expressing myself in each. Why not go forth on all three levels and conquer? I think more emphasis needs to be placed on the expression itself rather than whether it fits within a standard and expected color scheme, don't you? And it's certainly not my job to worry about whether the public can identify a piece as mine. That's what the signature is for.