Côte d'Azur — A Limited Edition Watercolor Set Inspired by the South of France
There is a particular light in the South of France. It settles over everything in early summer — the open sea, the pale stone of the coast, the lavender fields inland — and softens it. Côte d'Azur, our newest limited edition set, is an attempt to hold on to that light.
It's coming soon.
The six colors
Each color is named after something you'd see along the Mediterranean coast. Together they read like a slow walk from the water to the hills.
| Color | Named after | Character |
|---|---|---|
| Azur | The azure sea | A muted slate blue — the open Mediterranean seen from a clifftop. Not a postcard turquoise, but something deeper and calmer. |
| Calcaire | Limestone | Warm, sun-bleached stone. The pale walls and cliffs of the coast at midday. |
| Lavande | Lavender | A dusty violet — the fields of Provence in the slow light before evening. |
| Terracotta | Terracotta | Burnt clay. The rooftops and pottery that hold the heat of the day. |
| Olivier | The olive tree | A soft olive green — silver-backed leaves shifting in a dry breeze. |
| Bougainville | Bougainvillea | A vivid white magenta. The one bold burst of color spilling over a whitewashed wall. |
Muted blues sitting next to warm earth tones — that's the South of France in early summer, when the heat settles in and everything slows down. We wanted the set to feel like a place, not just a palette.
What's in the set
Côte d'Azur is a set of six handmade colors, supplied as full pans in a tin. Like all Skrim sets, the colors are made by hand in Germany.
The palette is built to work together. The earth tones ground the cooler blues and violets, so you can move between a calm seascape and a sun-warmed village street without reaching for anything else. It's a complete summer palette in six colors.
A limited edition
Côte d'Azur is quantity-limited. We're making one batch, and once it sells out, the set won't return.
If you've been waiting for a summer palette, this is the one. The best way to hear the moment it goes live is through our newsletter — that's where every limited edition is announced first.