Nicki’s Watercolor Discovery Palette(s)

These are palettes put together by our ambassador & watercolor book author Nicki Traikos! Here is what she says about her choices:

“This is a curated selection of Deep Deep Lights watercolor pans I’ve fallen in love with. These earthy, expressive colors are beautiful additions to any watercolor palette, bringing unique character, depth, and personality to your paintings. Whether you’re expanding your existing set or looking for fresh inspiration, these handcrafted paints are a joy to explore.”

Nicki has put together a base palette and thought about add-on trios that would serve as a beautiful addition to any other palette you already have.

Watercolor Made Simple Workbook Palette consists of 15 colors (they come in an elegant slim tin with a sliding lid):

• COWSLIPS
• LIGHT YELLOW OCHRE
• BURNT SIENNA
• PEACH BLOSSOM
• SWAMP CINQUEFOIL
• BURNT UMBRA
• FORGET ME NOT
• PARIS BLUE
• JAY BLUE
• SOLSTICE FERN
• FOREST GREEN
• SOUL OF THE OAK
• VELVET
• NIGHT RASPBERRY
• BRAMBLE

ADD-ON palettes (if you choose 3 they will come in a small tin witha sliding tin, if you choose 4, they will come in a tin with a hinged lid):

• PEACH BLOSSOM
• HAZE BLUE
• ETERNITY

• ROSE MARRAKESH
• REED BUFF
• BUTTERFLY

• PRICKLY PEAR
• INDIGO FRANCE
• DARKLING

• BURNT SIENNA
• RAW SIENNA
• BURNT UMBER

• FORGET ME NOT
• ANCIENT GREEN
• STRAWBERRY MOON

• LIGHT YELLOW OCHRE
• SOLSTICE FERN
• FOREST GREEN

• PARIS BLUE
• BLUEBERRY
• RHUBARB

• MAYAN RED
• JAY BLUE
• ROSE ASHES
• SOUL OF THE OAK

• JUNIPER
• SWAMP CINQUEFOIL
• CASSEL BROWN

If you would like to use these as inspiration but order another size, you are very welcome to order your custom palette – we will take care of right sized tin and the prices per pan are always better for bigger palettes.

Nicki’s links:

Grab Nicki’s new watercolor book here

Join 30 day watercolor challenge in April 2026

Take Nicki’s online watercolor class

Join Nicki for a live painting session

Follow along on Nicki’s Instagram

* You can see all our colors and all the pigment information in our Full catalog: https://deepdeeplight.com/our-watercolor-catalog/

Mixes nicely with other natural and human-made pigments. For best performance, add a few drops of water a few minutes before starting to work with it. It will reactivate the pigment and will be more fluid.

All our watercolors are handmade from pigment or pigment mixes, binders, and essential oils as conservative. Binder is made by ourselves from gum arabic, natural honey, and water. Our watercolors have a flowery scent, with lemongrass as the top note and sandalwood in the base note.