"Cote d'Azur" has a pure light shade of blue. In sculptural painting it can be used to create a background, and for colors and other elements. Azure color goes well with cold shades of gray, such as Ash and Asphalt. Azure flowers created on a gray background will be especially bright and colorful. To create a gradient in the petals, the azure color can be supplemented with other shades of blue palette: Cornflower, Classic blue and Aquamarin. And for a delicate color in the painting "Cote d'Azur" can be supplemented with colors of plaster Pink smoke, Powder or Purple. The pure shade of blue plaster resembles the summer sky and the sea waves running out on the white sand.The name was invented by the French writer Stefan Leger, who in 1870 published a novel - Cote d'Azur. In fact, the word azure - comes from the phrase «blue stone» and means the color of the mineral azurite and azur dye.
