Giverny is a bright, cheery, clean, cool blue in the Annie Sloan palette. It is near the greener range of blues, without any red in it. It is a perfect color for a modern contemporary palette, and looks great with bright, warm colors (such as Barcelona Orange and Scandinavian Pink) and cool neutrals (such as Paloma) as well as greens from the Annie Sloan range. Giverny is named after the village in Northern France where Claude Monet lived and this brilliant blue was especially popular in early 20th Century interiors.

Primer Red is a color found in practically every culture, appearing in everything from Venetian palaces to Vietnamese temples, where red earths were plentiful and relatively easy to come by. Use it for rustic pieces or as a base for sophisticated colors like Château Grey or Versailles. It also works beautifully under gilding.

Old Ochre is the faded darkened cream color seen on old French painted furniture, woodwork and door exteriors. Apply Dark Chalk Paint® Wax to make the color more intense and evocative of Paris, or keep it clean as a neutral foil to other colors.

The south of France has shutters and doors painted in a range of turquoise blue greens, some bright and some faded. Provence was inspired by these colors. It also works beautifully for a modern look.

A warm soft aubergine color with pink red undertones giving a rich complexity that makes beautifully sophisticated lilac tones when Old White is added. A color first used by artists and then later in decorative work, Emile finds its beginnings in bohemian Paris.