Guides

Practical pages built from the atlas: limited palettes, and pigments set side by side, each with its sources.

Guide

The Zorn palette

What the four-colour "Zorn palette" is, why ochre, vermilion, black and white go so far, and what the Swedish painter Anders Zorn actually used.

Comparison

Zinc white (PW4) and titanium white (PW6) compared: opacity, what goes wrong with zinc in oil, when each arrived, and which to use for what.