Zorn Again!

Zorn (Anders Zorn) Palette
A few people have asked a clarification of this lovely looking colour chart, so at the risk of being repetitive, here are some pics. But as one friend pointed out, the proof of the pudding is in the painting it...

I cut a mat in Yupo Paper to be able to see all the colours swatches separated

Mat showing guidelines of the colour mixes

On the mat, are the instructions of how to mix the samples using the very limited palette of Yellow, Red and Black.

To top row shows the colour mixes in between the 2 Pure colours, to get various degrees of colour hues. For example the mixes of Yellow Ochre and Cadmium Red will give you various degree of oranges. The Cad Red and Black result in a purplish burgundy, and Cool Black (you can use Paynes Grey) plus Yellow Ochre will result in beautiful earthy greens.

The columns under each colour hue is achieved by adding various degrees of white to achieve 4 lighter tones. Its a good idea to do the Black first, and then use that column as a guide to get similar tonal values for all the other colour hues. Lots of squinting helps!

The lower 5 rows are a mirror image of the top 5 rows, but with a smidgen of the 3rd colour to change the temperature

The zorn palette mix showing colours next to each other

  Its really quite incredible how the colours seem different here to the pic with the mat, separating each square with a white border.  Colours can visually change quite dratiscally depending on which other colours you paint them next to. The brilliant Bauhaus artist Josef Albers spent a lifetime researching and teaching the magic and science of colour.