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Black Cuillin
The 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 -
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Lealt Falls
Lealt 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.
Colour CombinationsLealt Falls Milovaig Storm Dun Beag -
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Loch Coruisk
Loch 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.
Colour CombinationsLoch Coruisk Black Cuillin Dun Beag -
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Ord 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 -
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Skye 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 -
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Spirit of Skye
Of 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