What colors are on the Apelles palette?
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APELLES PALETTE:
The palette used by Apelles consisted of only four colors: white, black, yellow, and red.
WHY USE IT?
These colors offer a great amount of harmony when blended together to achieve the full rainbow. The palette offers a simple path to great results.
AVOIDING TOXIC COLORS:
There is no cadmium or lead based paint on the palette and that’s intentional.
EXACT COLORS:
Titanium white from Old Holland
Yellow brown from Old Holland
Chinese Red Vermillion from Sennelier
Mars black from Old Holland
IS THIS THE ZORN PALETTE?
The origin of the palette is not with Zorn. Zorn did use a very similar four color palette to great effect. However, I think it’s worth distinguishing this as the Apelles palette in order to be clear about the colors used and the inspiration for the palette.
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