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QuickviewArmadale Gardens
Armadale Castle was once the seat of the MacDonalds of Sleat. Now a ruin, the castle overlooks the Sound of Sleat and is surrounded by 40 acres of magnificent woodland gardens. Colour Description: Lush fern green with yellow undertones Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour. Colour Combinations£1.00 – £75.00Armadale Gardens Bla Bheinn Majestic Quiraing -
QuickviewBeinn Edra
£1.00 – £75.00Beinn Edra is the highest point on the northern half of the Trotternish Ridge.
On 3rd March 1945, a B-17 Flying Fortress crashed during fog at Beinn Edra on its way from America to an RAF based in Wales, killing all 9 crew members. Parts of the wreckage are still visible on the ridge. Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.Beinn Edra Dun Beag Ord Slate -
QuickviewBla Bheinn
£1.00 – £75.00Blà Bhein (also known as Blaven), is usually regarded as an outlier to the Black Cuillin.
It is mainly composed of gabbro, a rock with excellent grip for mountaineers and scramblers.
Colour Description: Understated warm greenPlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
Colour CombinationsBla Bheinn Castle Moil Milovaig Storm -
QuickviewBlack
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QuickviewBlack Cuillin
£1.00 – £75.00The peaks of the Black Cuillin are mainly composed of gabbro, a very rough black igneous rock which provides a superb grip for mountaineers, and basalt, which can be very slippery when wet.
The summits of the Cuillin are bare rock, jagged in outline and with steep cliffs and deep cut corries and gullies.
Twelve Black Cuillin peaks are listed as Munros, though one of them, Blaven, is part of a group of outliers separated from the main ridge by Glen Sligachan.
Colour Description: Deep denim blue with warm undertonesPlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
Colour CombinationsBlack Cuillin Milovaig Storm MacLeod’s Maidens -
QuickviewBracadale Berry
£1.00 – £75.00Bracadale is a settlement and parish on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It lies on the west coast of the island, west-south-west of Portree, on Loch Beag, an inlet off Loch Harport.
Nearby settlements include Struan to the west and Coillore on the opposite shore of Loch Beag.
Colour Description: Vibrant berry redPlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
Colour CombinationsBracadale Berry Black Cuillin Fairy Glen Serenity -
QuickviewBroadford Bay
£1.00 – £75.00Broadford, is the second-largest settlement on Skye.
Like many places in Skye, Broadford derives its name from Old Norse. To the Norsemen this was Breiðafjorðr - the wide bay.
The Gaelic name is of modern derivation and assumes that the "ford" element meant a river crossing.
Broadford was a cattle market until 1812, when Telford built the road from Portree to Kyleakin. Veterans of the Napoleonic Wars settled during the first half of the 19th century. Writing in the middle of the 19th century, Alexander Smith said, "If Portree is the London of Skye, Broadford is its Manchester.
Legend holds that the recipe for the liqueur Drambuie was given by Bonnie Prince Charlie to Clan MacKinnon who then passed it onto James Ross late 19th century. Ross ran the Broadford Inn (now the Broadford Hotel), where he developed and improved the recipe, initially for his friends and then later to patrons. Ross then began to sell it further afield and the name was registered as a trademark in 1893.
Colour Description: Fresh lilac with a cool grey undertonePlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
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QuickviewCamasunary Pebble
£1.00 – £75.00Camasunary is a small bay on the Strathaird peninsula of the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Camasunary is the Scots form of the Gaelic name Camas Fhionnairigh, and means "Bay of the White Shieling".
The Camasunary Fault is a geological subsurface feature underlying a portion of the Isle of Skye extending under the Sea of the Hebrides.
Colour Description: Timeless beigePlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
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QuickviewCastle Moil
Caisteal Maol is a ruined castle located near the harbour of the village of Kyleakin. An ancient seat of the MacKinnon clan, the fortress commands the strait between Kyleakin and the mainland. Colour Description: Warm earthy neutral Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour. Colour Combinations£1.00 – £75.00Castle Moil Marsco Falaisgear -
QuickviewCoral Beach
£1.00 – £75.00Skye is famous for many things, but great beaches are not high on the list. You'll find better ones on Harris, or Tiree, or Uist, or Berneray, or Iona. But there are a few wee gems on Skye, and the Coral Beach at Claigan is one of them.
Its combination of accessibility and white sand make it a very attractive option on a warm sunny day.
Despite its name, and all these tales of the Gulf Stream, the beach is not made of coral at all. It is actually composed of pieces of dessicated and sun-bleached algae. If you look carefully it is still possible to find some fairly big bits.
Colour Description: Creamy whitePlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
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QuickviewDun Beag
£1.00 – £75.00Dun Beag (the small fort) is the best known, the best preserved, and the most accessible broch on Skye.
A short and easy walk up a slope of sheep-cropped grass takes you to the remains of the broch itself. It has massive walls, still mostly intact to more than 2m high. In them you can find lots of detail, including a gallery, the entranceway, a stairway and a security cell.
Colour Description: Gentle grey with a pinkish tonePlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
Colour CombinationsDun Beag Winter Bracken Pride of the Summer -
QuickviewFairy Glen Serenity
£1.00 – £75.00On the West side of Trotternish at Balnacnoc (which means - the village or township in the hills) above Uig, is the Fairy Glen – a Quirang-like landslip in miniature. The road winds around small round-topped grassy hills with lochans (ponds) in between which gives the glen an otherworldly feel.
Skye has a long history involving the Fairys, most of which is related to Dunvegan Castle and their ‘Fairy Flag’. The Fairy Glen (much like the Fairy Pools in Glenbrittle) has no real legends or stories involving fairys that can be traced. The simple fact that the location is unusual so it has been given the nickname Fairy Glen.
One of the hills still has its basalt topping intact which, from a distance, looks like a ruin and has been called (inexplicably) Castle Ewan. It is possible to climb to the top where there is not much room, but does have wonderful views. In the low cliff behind Castle Ewan there is a very small cave where it has been said pressing coins into cracks in the rock will bring Good Luck.
Colour Description: A versatile tranquil off whitePlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
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QuickviewFairy Pools
The Fairy Pools is a magical place of outstanding beauty at the foot of the Cuillin Hills. Beautiful crystal clear water, waterfalls and rock pools has seen this wonderful place become one of the must visit places on Skye. Colour Description: Jewel like green blue Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour. Colour Combinations£1.00 – £75.00Fairy Pools Armadale Gardens Spirit of Skye -
QuickviewFalaisgear
(pronounced Falashgar) Muir burning is a practice of burning off rough hill grasses and heather to improve grazing for sheep and cattle. Undertaken in the spring time, the hills are left looking grey/black until new growth appears. Colour Description: Dramatic smoky grey Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour. Colour Combinations£1.00 – £75.00Falaisgear Dun Beag Castle Moil -
QuickviewFlora MacDonald
£1.00 – £75.00In Kilmuir Cemetery, just behind the Museum of Island Life, is a tall memorial to Flora MacDonald, 'Preserver of Prince Charles Edward Stuart'. Despite the romanticism of the Skye Boat Song et al, she was a real and remarkable person.
This is the place to come to and spend a moment reflecting on her amazing courage. She was buried in this graveyard (though not very close to where her memorial stands) in 1790.
Colour Description: A warm yellow based neutralPlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
Colour CombinationsFlora MacDonald Falaisgear Winter Bracken -
QuickviewGlenbrittle
£1.00 – £75.00At the head of Loch Brittle is a big beach. There is sand here at all states of the tide, and plenty of space for playing, kite flying and the like.
The sand is not white, but that apart it is a beautiful spot with views to the Island of Canna.
Colour Description: Pale red based neutralPlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
Colour CombinationsGlenbrittle The Misty Isle Kilt Rock -
QuickviewIdrigill Point
Idrigill point headland affords magnificent views over Uig Bay with the Trotternish Ridge and Cuillins in the background, round to Loch Snizort and across the little Minch to North Uist and Harris. A fine spot to admire the ferocity of the wind in a gale or watch an astounding sunset. Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.£1.00 – £75.00Idrigill Point Glenbrittle Kilt Rock -
QuickviewKilmuir Thatch
£1.00 – £75.00There are very few old-fashioned thatched cottages to be seen today in the Highlands. A hundred years or so ago thatched houses were very much a part of the Highland scene and within their walls, by the light of the peat fire – the crofters of the Islands kept alive the songs and stories which have made the Hebrides famous throughout the world.
Warm, sturdy and economical of scarce materials, the croft house was admirably suited to the landsacpe and the climate. It embodied the principles of streamlining hundreds of years before scientists thought of the idea, with the result that it could stand up to the worst of the winter gales.
Colour Description: A sunny mid toned yellowPlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
Colour CombinationsKilmuir Thatch Skye Marble Waternish Sunset -
QuickviewKilt Rock
£1.00 – £75.00The famous Kilt Rock is a sea cliff in north east Trotternish.
It is said to resemble a kilt, with vertical basalt columns to form the pleats and intruded sills of dolerite forming the pattern.
Colour Description: Subtle mid toned neutral with pinkish tonesPlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
Colour CombinationsKilt Rock The Misty Isle Dun Beag -
QuickviewKinloch Forest
A beautiful natural forest that is home to oak, hazel and birch trees. The walk through the forest leads to the historic township of Leitir Fura which is an old village of ruined black houses.£1.00 – £75.00Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
Colour CombinationsKinloch Forest Talisker Sands Rubhna Hunish -
QuickviewLealt Falls
£1.00 – £75.00Lealt is a crofting settlement on the western coastline of the Sound of Raasay on the Trotternish peninsula of Skye. The River Lealt which gives its name to Lealt, passes through on the way to the Sound of Raasay.
The Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge which ran parallel with the River Lealt.
The western end of the line was at Loch Cuithir, where diatomite - known locally as Cailc (Scottish Gaelic for chalk) - was extracted from the lochbed and dried on wire nets. The seaward terminus had warehouses on the cliff-top at Invertote. At the base of the cliff was a factory where the diatomite was kiln dried, ground and calcined. The line was extended from the factory onto a pier into the Sound of Raasay. During its existence, the Skye Diatomite Company extracted 2000 tons of diatomite.
Colour Description: Relaxed pale chalky bluePlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
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QuickviewLinda’s Wedding
Linda Farrar was instrumental in providing research to Isle of Skye Paint company in our use of Seaweed in paint. Linda and her husband Bryan married on Skye and this colour is in honour of her assistance to us. Colour Description: Delicate zesty yellow Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour. Colour Combinations£1.00 – £75.00Linda’s Wedding Struan Peatbog Waternish Sunset -
QuickviewLoch Coruisk
£1.00 – £75.00Loch Coruisk is an inland fresh-water loch, lying at the foot of the Black Cuillin. Loch Coruisk is reputed to be the home of a water horse.
Sir Walter Scott visited the loch in 1814 and described it vividly:
“Rarely human eye has known
A scene so stern as that dread lake,
With its dark ledge of barren stone...”
Lord Tennyson reported more prosaically:
“Loch Coruisk, said to be the wildest scene in the Highlands, I failed in seeing. After a fatiguing expedition over the roughest ground on a wet day we arrived at the banks of the loch, and made acquaintance with the extremest tiptoes of the hills, all else being thick wool-white fog.”
Colour Description: Blue with violet undertonesPlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
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QuickviewMacLeods Maidens
Three impressive sea stacks at the south end of the Duirinish Peninsula. According to legend they are the drowned wife and two daughters of one of the Chiefs of the Clan MacLeod Colour description: Subtle grey green£1.00 – £75.00Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
Colour CombinationsMacLeod’s Maidens Milovaig Storm Lealt Falls -
QuickviewMajestic Quiraing
£1.00 – £75.00The Quiraing is awesome. It is supernatural. It is a place of wonder and amazement. It is outstanding by any measure. If you are fit enough to walk the narrow path and scramble up and down the steep slopes – you must do it. To visit Skye without experiencing the Quiraing seems unthinkable.
Go on a bright and clear day for views of the Outer Hebrides and the Scottish mainland, framed by the pinnacles, cliffs and great buttresses.
Go on a wet and windy day to feel your spine tingle as the clouds and mist swirl around you in this unreal and menacing landscape.
Whatever the weather, you’ll not forget the experience.
Colour Description: Pale sage greenPlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
Colour CombinationsMajestic Quiraing Marsco Bla Bheinn -
QuickviewMilovaig Storm
Milovaig comprises two small townships located on the south shore of Loch Pootiel on the Duirinish peninsula. On a good day you can see the Outer Hebrides but on a stormy day you can witness the waterfalls being blown upwards and the colour of the sea is a fascinating mythical green. Colour description: Deep mythical blue green£1.00 – £75.00Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
Colour CombinationsMilovaig Storm Sgurr Alasdair Lealt Falls -
QuickviewOrd Slate
The rock formations found around Ord in the South of the Island have been termed the ‘Ord Window’. The colour of the rocks is a grey/blue similar to that of slate. Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.£1.00 – £75.00Ord Slate Idrigill Point Kilt Rock -
QuickviewPortnalong Primrose
Primroses are a cheerful sign of spring. They are one of the first woodland blooms and an important nectar source for butterflies. Pale to deep yellow with darker yellow-orange centres they grow in proliferation in the township of Portnalong on the north west coast of the Island. Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.£1.00 – £75.00Portnalong Primrose Falaisgear Beinn Edra -
QuickviewPride of The Summer
This colour pays homage to Runrig in which their song depicts adolescence in Portree in the summer. Colour description: soft peach blush Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour. Colour Combinations£1.00 – £75.00Pride of the Summer The Misty Isle Dun Beag -
QuickviewRed Cuillin
£1.00 – £75.00The Red Hills (Na Beanntan Dearga in Gaelic) are sometimes known as the Red Cuillin.
They are mainly composed of granite which is paler than the gabbro (with a reddish tinge from some angles in some lights) and has weathered into more rounded hills with vegetation cover to summit level and long scree slopes on their flanks.
The highest point of the hills is Glamaig, one of only two Corbetts on Skye (the other being Garbh-bheinn, part of the small group of gabbro outliers surrounding Blà Bheinn).
Colour Description: Elegant rich redPlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
Colour CombinationsRed Cuillin Struan Peatbog Camasunary Pebble -
QuickviewRubhna Hunish
£1.00 – £75.00Beautiful Rubha Hunish, the northernmost point of the island, is a magical place.
This is an outstanding walk to the furthest north point of Skye. From the end of the point you may be lucky enough to see dolphins, whales and basking sharks, all at close range.
Colour Description: A subdued neutral with an essence of greenPlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
Colour CombinationsRubhna Hunish Armadale Gardens Bla Bheinn -
QuickviewSgurr Alasdair
(pronounced Sgoor) At 3255 feet, it’s the highest peak of the Black Cuillin range and the highest peak on the Isle of Skye. The brand colour of the Isle of Skye Paint Company and also named after the founder Alasdair Campbell Colour Description: Dark moody blue Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour. Colour Combinations£1.00 – £75.00Sgurr Alasdair Marsco Castle Moil -
QuickviewSkye Dawn
Vibrant colours of pink can dominate the early morning skies. Colour description: Romantic playful pink Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour. Colour Combinations£1.00 – £75.00Skye Dawn Dun Beag Snizort Seathrift -
QuickviewSkye Kelp
Kelps are mainly found on suitable rocky areas all around the Scottish coastline, most extensively around Skye and the West Coast mainland. Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.£1.00 – £75.00Skye Kelp Indrigill Point Pride of the Summer -
QuickviewSkye Marble
Skye Marble has been extracted from Strath Suardal in Torrin for centuries. Marble from Torrin was used in Armadale Castle and Iona Abbey. The extracted rock was used primarily in the production of agricultural lime. Marble is mined and crushed on site, producing agricultural lime, pebbledash for housing, ready-mix concrete products and some decorative marble. A narrow gauge line, built in 1907 ran for 3½ miles from the quarry at Suardale to Broadford pier. It transported Skye Marble from the nearby village of Kilbride (Cille Bhrìghde). The railway closed in the early 20th century and the track bed remains as a public footpath. A number of old railway remains can be seen. Colour Description: Clean fresh off white£1.00 – £75.00Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
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QuickviewSkye Smirr
Scottish terminology to describe Scottish weather at all seasons. The North West coast of Scotland is renouned for it’s rainfall making grey dull days all too common. Colour description: Contemporary mid grey Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour. Colour Combinations£1.00 – £75.00Skye Smirr Dun Beag Falaisgear -
QuickviewSkye White Multi-Purpose Primer
Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.£1.00 – £48.00 -
QuickviewSnizort Seathrift
£1.00 – £75.00Armeria maritima, commonly known as sea thrift is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae.
It is a compact perennial which grows in low clumps and sends up long stems that support globes of bright pink flowers.
The plant can be found in the wild in coastal areas and is abundant on the shores of Loch Snizort.
Colour Description: A dusty rose pink with grey undertonesPlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
Colour CombinationsSnizort Seathrift Camasunary Pebble Glenbrittle -
QuickviewSpar Cave
In Gaelic, the name of this cave is Slochd Altimen or ‘nursing cave’. This refers to a 9th century princess who fell in love with a shipwrecked sailor from a different clan. Fearful of the repercussions of their liaison, the princess is said to have hidden their baby in this cave. The cave was also reported to have been visited by Sir Walter Scott in 1814 who described the cave’s cathedral like interior, covered with calcite luminous ‘spars’ in his poem ‘The Lord of the Isles’.£1.00 – £75.00Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.Spar Cave Indrigill Point Kinloch Forest -
QuickviewSpirit of Skye
£1.00 – £75.00Of all the remote, rugged and rough regions of Scotland, nothing quite matches the Isle of Skye.
Its landscape – harsh, dramatic, stunningly beautiful and awe-inspiring – is almost other-worldly and once experienced is never forgotten. And its lochs, glens and bens, including the challenging Cuillin Mountains, are set firm in time, unchanged by all that the harshest of climates has thrown at them over the centuries. More than any other part of the British Isles, you can feel the weight of history here, the struggles and battles, the bloodshed and horror are hidden in every rock and crevice, but not very deeply. Colour Description: An airy, barely there blue Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour. Colour CombinationsSpirit of Skye Skye Smirr MacLeod’s Maidens -
QuickviewSt. Columba
£1.00 – £75.00Just below the bridge where the main road between Portree and Dunvegan crosses the River Snizort, close to the Skeabost House Hotel, there is a well hidden and fascinating bit of Skye's history - St. Columba's Isle.
Here you will find ancient ruins and graves, stretching back over many centuries.
St. Columba is much better known for his association with the island of Iona, but this was the site on which he founded the cathedral of the bishops of the Isles. This was the centre of Christianity in the Hebrides from 1079 to 1498. There are obvious ruins of two small buildings, and the outlines of others can be traced. The island is peppered with graves, ranging in age from the 11th century to the 1960s. Many of them have legible inscriptions, and a few others have plaques showing transcriptions.
Colour Description: Traditional creamPlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
Colour CombinationsSt. Columba Struan Peatbog Waternish Sunset -
QuickviewStorr Mist
£1.00 – £75.00The Storr is a rocky hill on the Trotternish Peninsula.
The hill presents a steep rocky eastern face overlooking the Sound of Raasay, contrasting with gentler grassy slopes to the west.
The Storr is prime example of the Trotternish landslip, the longest such feature in Great Britain.
The area in front of the cliffs of the Storr is known as the Sanctuary. This has a number of weirdly shaped rock pinnacles, the remnants of ancient landslips.
Legend has it that Old Man of Storr was a giant who had lived in Trotternish. When he died, he was buried with his finger left sticking o ut, creating the ridges.
To get up to the Old Man, it is a constant climb. At first, the trail is wide and covered with gravel.
Your reward, if he is not covered in mist, is coming eye to eye with the Old Man of Storr.
Colour Description: Delicate warm greyPlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
Colour CombinationsStorr Mist Winter Bracken Skye Smirr -
QuickviewTalisker Sands
£1.00 – £75.00The beach at Talisker is a short, easy walk from the road. It is in a spectacular setting at the foot of Glen Oraid, sandwiched between impressive high cliffs, and with a huge sea stack and waterfalls to add to the scene. There is a wide sweep of sand below a bank of coarse shingle, though the available beach is much limited on high tides.
Colour Description: Soft fresh modern off whitePlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
Colour CombinationsTalisker Sands Camasunary Pebble Castle Moil -
QuickviewThe Misty Isle
£1.00 – £75.00Moody, mist-shrouded mountains, snow-caked moorland, rushing burns and steely grey lochs: the Isle of Skye can be forbidding in winter. They can also be magical, a Narnia-style wonderland enchanting to explore
Battered by wind and rain this black rocked mystical isle has a history of Celts Clansmen and Crofters. The Cuillin Hills dominate a rugged primeval landscape where the weather and light change from minute to minute.
Colour Description: Fresh delicate grey with blue undertonesPlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
The island was referred to by the Norse as Skuy (misty isle), Skýey or Skuyö (isle of cloud).
The influence of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf Stream create a mild oceanic climate. Temperatures are generally cool, averaging 6.5°C
Snow seldom lies at sea level and frosts are less frequent than on the mainland. Winds are a limiting factor for vegetation. South-westerlies are the most common In common with most islands of the west coast of Scotland, rainfall is generally high and the elevated Cuillin are wetter still giving rise to the name ‘The Misty Isle’.
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QuickviewTrotternish Heather
£1.00 – £75.00Trotternish or Tròndairnis is the northernmost peninsula of Skye.
One of its more well-known features is the Trotternish landslip, a massive landslide that runs almost the full length of the peninsula, some 30 kilometres. The landslip contains two of Skye's most famous landmarks: the Old Man of Storr, an isolated rocky pinnacle, and the Quiraing, an area of dramatic and unusual rock formations. The summit of The Storr, on whose slopes the Old Man of Storr is located, is the highest point of the peninsula.
Purple heather is also known as fine leaved heath and bell heather. The purple heather is the first to flower (mid june) and grows on dry moorland and rocks throughout the island.
In the old days it had many uses from tanning hides to thatching roofs and making brooms.
Colour Description: Bold mid toned purplePlease note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.
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QuickviewWaternish Sunset
Waternish is a peninsula approximately 12km long, situated between Loch Dunvegan and Loch Snizort in the North West of the Island. Waternish is a fantastic viewpoint for some of our stunning sunsets. Colour Description: Strong rich welcoming mustard yellow Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour. Colour Combinations£1.00 – £75.00Waternish Sunset Falaisgear Marsco -
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Colour Description: natural white Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour.£1.00 – £75.00 -
QuickviewWinter Bracken
Braken is large course ferns blanketing the hills of the Isle of Skye. In winter, the braken dies back leaving brown withered fronds that pepper the hillsides. Colour Description - Earthy Copper Tone Please note: Whilst we try to replicate each colour on our website, colour on screen may vary due to a number of factors including screen resolution. We therefore advise that you order a colour card or sample pot to check actual finished colour. Colour Combinations£1.00 – £75.00Winter Bracken Lealt Falls Pride of the Summer