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Palette Scout System
A complete color exploration system. Fun, intuitive, and grounded in color theory. Create personalized palettes for any project.
How Palette Scout works
Pick your anchor color
Start with a color you love, or one already in your project.
Explore palette options
Use the Palette Ideas cards to find combinations grounded in color theory.
Bring your palettes to life
Take your cards shopping, match your stash, or use Color Match Guides for exact supply matches.
“a must-have!”
I consider myself to be pretty good at picking colors. But I was struggling with a cross stitch I was designing — my navy blue, true red, and yellow color combo was just BLAH. I hated it. I bought Palette Scout, and WOW am I impressed. It’s easy to use, and I quickly figured out a slight shift in my color palette that made a HUGE difference. My cross stitch is adorable, in big part to Palette Scout. Highly, highly recommend!
— CB
✓ Verified buyer
“"I'm obsessed”
I've been using my cards for everything. Clothes, quilts, interior design. I love them so much. Such a well thought out system and the cards are so well designed it makes it so quick and easy to understand.
— Tara
✓ Verified buyer
“This is AMAZING - I'm obsessed”
Honestly, this is one of my favorite things right now. I have been using it for garden planning/paint color schemes and plan to use it for knitting and other crafts! It is SO well made and thought through and a delight. I highly recommend getting this! I already love color and color theory, but this thing makes me love it even more - so much still to learn and play with!
— Lindsay
✓ Verified buyer
Understand the why behind your palettes
Color Theory 101 walks you through the fundamentals. Color Theory 201 goes deeper into proportion, value, and why colors look different next to each other.
Take your colors straight to your supplies
Color Match Guides help you translate your palettes directly to your materials — markers, paint, fabric, yarn, and more.
Compare Bundles
| Features | Starter Bundle | Color Foundations Bundle Most popular | Comprehensive Color Bundle Best value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palette Scout & Tool Kit Decks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Color Theory 101 & 201 | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Complete Color Match Guide | — | — | ✓ |
Ready to get started with Palette Scout?
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.
What's the difference between the bundles? +
The Starter Bundle is a great place to start—you get the Palette Scout deck plus the Tool Kit expansion deck. But most customers go for the Color Foundations Bundle, which adds our Color Theory 101 and 201 courses so you can better understand the color theory principles that underpin the decks. For the full Palette Scout experience, the Comprehensive Color Bundle is the best value—it includes all of the above plus access to every Color Match Guide we've made, so you can translate your favorite palettes directly to your art supplies.
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.
I love the organization of the palette!
Used this product several times when needing help coordinating fabric for a quilt.
Love using the cards.
I have used this tool to help me get out of my favorite color zone and I LOVE the results!!!
It was easy to use . Highly recommend it.
Not what I thought it was going to be. I thought there would’ve been so many more colors and ways to explore color. I’m a retired school teacher and was excited about experimenting more than what I actually got.
This kit is amazing. For a while I wasn’t sure how to use it, but that was because I really didn’t understand the principles. I read the free materials and watched the videos and now I can’t imagine not using it to help me plan my abstract landscapes and interiors. It’s genius!!! My work is so much more appealing now and professional looking.
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