How Palette Scout works

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Pick your anchor color

Start with a color you love, or one already in your project.

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Explore palette options

Use the Palette Ideas cards to find combinations grounded in color theory.

3

Bring your palettes to life

Take your cards shopping, match your stash, or use Color Match Guides for exact supply matches.

Questions

What can I use Palette Scout for?

Just about any creative project or decision that involves color! Our customers use it for quilting, knitting, painting, graphic design, interior decorating, cake decorating, floral design, ceramics, and dozens of other disciplines. If color decisions are part of your process, Palette Scout fits right in.

Can I give a bundle as a gift?

Yes! Purchase the bundle of your choice and give your recipient the physical deck. For the digital components (courses, guides, and swatch files), just email us at hello@zolliemakes.com with your gift recipient's email address after the purchase (so we don't spoil the surprise!). We'll add everything to their account, ready and waiting when they sign up.

Is Palette Scout available for wholesale?

Yes! Find us on Faire, or reach out to wholesale@zolliemakes.com for more information.

  • 5 stars: 178 (89%)
  • 4 stars: 5 (3%)
  • 3 stars: 5 (3%)
  • 2 stars: 6 (3%)
  • 1 star: 5 (3%)
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exquisite marbled paper
A Color Success Story

I took my box of color cards with me to the studio and I had a delightfully productive day marbling on paper.

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Becky Gertsch
Love it!

My friends daughter is having a baby at the end of the month. I needed to make a baby quilt ASAP. I asked the nursery theme and my friend sent a photo of the room. Using the colors in the nursery, I built a color palate and took my cards to the fabric store, which,by the way, is the size of Lowe’s. I selected 9 fabrics in record time and am so happy with the quilt. Zollie gave me such confidence putting the colors together. Can’t wait to use it with the next project!!

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Mary Ann Eldridge
Bought this for yarn, used for painting walls!

I’m a knitter. I purchased Palette Scout with yarn selection in mind. But the first thing I did was confirm my color choice of paint for the living room and dining room walls! I know only a little bit about color theory but I’m happy to say my paint choice (picked prior to using Palette Scout) will work beautifully with the colors in my furniture. The couch, the chair, the TV console, everything! How do I know? Because I confirmed it with Palette Scout!! The green Hue I wanted for the walls, the Tone, the Triadic palette I chose is perfect. It was so easy to use. Easy to understand and fun.
Now I can use Palette Scout for yarn color selection for my next knitting project with confidence.

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Julia V
Cards are well made, cute and add a gamification element to picking colors.

I really like the concept of these cards, flipping through the color combos feels a bit like playing a game, which I love. That said, I didn’t feel I could leave a full 5-star review because one important element is missing: HEX codes. If I overlooked this in the product description, that’s on me, but I couldn’t find anything that mentioned it at the time of purchase. Without HEX codes, I’m left trying to track down the exact colors elsewhere, which makes the cards much harder to use. I’m a bit disappointed and debating whether a return/refund might be my best option.

Hi Julia, thanks for your feedback! We do have a downloadable guide with HEX codes included in the Complete Bundle, which you purchased. You received an email with those Color Match Guides, and you can also find them inside your account on our website. Please reach out to us at hello@zolliemakes.com if you have trouble accessing them!

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Don Moyer
Great tool

Clearly a lot of thought has gone into the names, codes, and variations. I love having 18 steps on the color wheel. Subtle distinctions but not so many divisions that one goes crazy. I’ve been using my first box to land on some fresh palettes for textiles. Fun stuff.

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Maggie Maggio
Great for Color Literacy!

I love the fact that this card set has both sides in full color and that the cards cover the full gamut of color character from Vivid to Muted, Dark to LIght AND from Warm to Cool. This not only makes them fun to play with, but makes them ideal for teaching about color in three dimension. A must have for all color geeks!

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Tina Roche
Wonderful product!!

I am color challenged when it comes to trying to figure out which colors and tones to put together. Palette Scout is a wonderful tool to find the perfect colors for a project!

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Allison
These cards are so helpful!

These cards are really easy to use one you’ve played around with them a bit. The colors/cards are in alphabetical order per the rainbow, which is genius. I will be recommending these to every artist I know. Great gift, too!

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Jenn Brown
Love these cards!

I'm a newish weaver and am wanting to understand color theory more so I can weave small tapestries inspired by nature. These are great cards that help make color understandable in a fun way. I started taking them on walks and identifying the colors I'm drawn to. The online tutorial was helpful too, and I've already revisited parts of it more than once. And since these color cards map to Gist's Array yarn, which is what I'm using, I'm super excited to be able to order exactly what yarn I need to create a piece! Well worth the investment.

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Melissa Lennon
This is going to save me

I sometimes hit it out of the park with color combos and sometimes fall short. I understand color theory but have a difficult time seeing it in the abstract; I need to hold colors and manipulate them. Palette Scout has been a great way to do that BEFORE I paint the wall or knit the project, etc. I am just getting into playing with it but I’ve already seen some mistakes I’ve been making and ways to improve my choices.

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Brenda Reimer
Palette Scout

I just received my palette scout and after taking the brief course, realized the possibilities it will open up for my weaving. I sometimes struggle with colour choices for my projects, and this will really simplify things and give me confidence that I am picking compatible colours to weave with. I’m going to love it!!,

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Virginie S.
Je l’adore !

Incroyablement utile pour rectifier une harmonie de couleurs qui ne fonctionne pas. Je m’en sers aussi bien avant de commencer à peindre pour définir la palette de couleurs que pour résoudre un travail en cours. Les couleurs sont sublimes, surtout les désaturées qui sont mes préférées. Dommage que l’expédition vers la France coute si cher (transport + douane = 3 fois le prix de la boite !), sinon j’en offrirai à mes amis artistes.

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Julianna Bohr
Love love love

I’ve never had any color theory education prior to Zollie. This has been a game changer. I needlepoint, quilt and have a small needlepoint business. This system has taken all of my design up a notch.

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Patsy Parker

I am pleased with the card decks but haven’t had a chance to watch the training videos yet. I am excited to start those when my schedule allows. However, I was so disappointed in the small gadget bag I received. The bag was pictured with several tools inside and mine was empty! Either the picture was very deceiving OR my quilting tools were omitted. Can you clarify please?

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Marian wickwire Sante

Palette Scout

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Brenda Schicker
Disappointed

Not worth it

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CustomerZ
So glad I purchased this!

It helps me with all my creative projects; no more stopping by the paint store to grab color swatches, which are a limited palette . Plus, it’s so much fun to have on hand, I keep my deck on my coffee table and people keep pulling it out to play with it.

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Judith
Super Quilting Companion

An excellent tool to help choosing companion fabrics for my quilts. It takes the stress out for the work is already done.

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Victoria T
Very cool tool!

The Palette Scout deck is a very cool tool for anyone who knows what they like, but feels stumped when picking colors out that "go" just right. The visual is very helpful to help bring a project together. Easy to use an understand. I have used it already for quilting fabric combinations, and yarn color combinations. 5/5 !

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Sherrill

I love that I could look for the right colors from my current stash, which is sorted by color. Just a great tool for me.

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Ladiemae
Really Helpful

I’m a new quilter and I have anxiety over picking the right colors to put together. I practiced Zollies technique and matched the cards to a busy pattern that I had a few colors I had difficulty choosing my anchor color from. This box really helped me play with color options first and relatively quickly before having to pull out all of my fabric. Also the different tones helped me see if I wanted to make the palette feel more playful or serious. I will definitely be using this a lot.

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Lori Miller of Well Built Quilt
This product has changed the way I quilt!

If I could give Zollie Palette Scout 10 stars out of 5 I would. The product is surprisingly simple to use and produces predictably beautiful palette results. I use it for quilting primarily. I now think in color families. The system is genius and one can't help but be successful in making stunning palettes. I am both a quilter as well as the owner of a longarm quilting business. Because of how Palette Scout has changed my color selection workflow, I have begun offering this to my customers with an incredibly positive response. This weekend I am a vendor at a local quilt show and brought 2 cases of Zollie with me to sell to my customers since I am a stockist. I had the opportunity to demonstrate Zolile and talk about how to use it. I had so much confidence in the system that I asked several volunteers to come up and make palettes. Their smiles said it all. My customers were intrigued. While the quilt show is two days in length, I sold out in one day. What a great problem to have. There are so many quilters out there looking for a color selection solution. I'm a Zollie user and believer! The experience I have had so far as a stockist has further convinced me that having this tool available to my customers is essential.

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Larry Day

Palette Scout

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Sharon L
Lovely tool for planning color palettes

I am so delighted with the quality of the color cards in this set. It fosters such an easy way for me to select colors to combine for my paper crafting and mixed media projects!

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Whitney Morris
I was “afraid” of color

Trying to color quilts on my own lead to frustration and anxiety. I resigned myself to only using kits. Realizing I could learn color has been enlightening. Finding Pallet Scout has really helped me understand color theory and why some combinations feel good and others kind of off. I recommend!

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Reba
Playing

As a paper crafter & quilter I love the rich colours! I’ve used the Scout deck several times and am loving the results!