# The Famous Zorn Palette **URL:** \ **Category:** Color\ **Tags:** painting\ **Created:** [February 25, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/the-famous-zorn-palette/241 "2017-02-25T23:01:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tommulliner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.smartermarx.com/tommulliner/32/211_2.png) [@tommulliner](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/tommulliner)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/the-famous-zorn-palette/241/1 "2017-02-25T23:01:24Z")
Below are some links that explain with examples, the painting palette of the Swedish realist artist, Anders Zorn. It is especially useful for painting portraits indoors as the colour gamut focuses on orange/ochres/low chroma reds, similar to skin tones. ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/1X/9230fcb2113096e19c2f309f6dde735f84dc65fc.jpg) ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/1X/fa35830c59e5a00c23a7eccc734b04f61d5b87ca.jpg) It is essentially a restricted gamut of low chroma primary colours: Yellow becomes Yellow Ochre, Blue becomes Ivory Black and Red becomes Cadmium Red Deep. ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/smartmarx/original/1X/fc4b8423e5e6c8139d761c47d59b1e0e378c5b28.jpg) [Aaron Westerberg on Zorn Palette](https://aaronwesterberg.com/blog/106655/zorn-palette-and-color-chart) [Tim Gagnon on Zorn](http://www.timgagnon.com/making-the-color-palette-for-skin-tones-a-bit-easier/) [Michael Lynn Adams on Zorn](http://michaellynnadams.com/zorn-palette/) [James Gurney on Zorn](http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/zorn-palette.html) To see more of Anders Zorn’s paintings and drawings, visit his official site [-HERE-](http://www.anderszorn.org/) ---
**Author:** ![AWaichulis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/www.smartermarx.com/awaichulis/32/2859_2.png) [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/the-famous-zorn-palette/241/2 "2017-02-26T00:01:49Z")
This is phenomenal Tom! Thank you so much for sharing— 😃