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    2 COLOUR MIX

    Jul 10, 2020 6 minutes

    In this article we will be continuing with our work on the Zorn palette, a limited set of four basic colours (black, white, red and yellow) that was often used by the Swedish master Anders Zorn. We will be looking in more detail at how to create a range of colours from the four pigments, while discussing colour mixing and making a colour chart.

    RECREATING A ZORN PALETTE

    Traditionally the four pigments used in the Zorn palette would have been Lead White, Yellow Ochre, Vermilion Red and Ivory Black. There are many modern equivalents and substitutes available to us and so it is important to find the right ones for you.

    I have been painting for 20 years and really love art materials, so I have become fussy about my favourite white, my favourite red and so on. This isn’t to say they are the best colours in each case, but simply that they are the ones that I like

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