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Surfmist

Colorbond

BrandCOLORBOND steel
Made byBlueScope. Paint brands sell named matches for it, below
CodeNot published
Colour value#E4E2D5
LRVNot published
FamilyWhites
DepthPale (worked out from the screen value)
UndertoneLeans yellow (worked out from the screen value, not published by the brand)
RangeClassic
Solar absorptance0.33
SourceColorbond colour page

Why it is on the mound

  • Roofs (Colorbond) The lightest common roof colour (solar absorptance 0.33), first on a Queensland roofer's list and specified by Richards and Spence in Clayfield and Tribe Studio in Sydney. colorbond.com heavymetalroofing.com.au architectureau.com architectureau.com 2 architectureau.com 3 architectureau.com 4 makingyourhomebeautiful.com dulux.com.au
  • Scheme Part of a roof, wall and trim scheme on the roofs page. Dulux's popular Surfmist scheme: a soft Hamptons grey under the coolest common roof (0.33). Better Homes and Gardens shows the same wall and trim pair.
  • Scheme Part of a roof, wall and trim scheme on the roofs page. Dulux's Coastal scheme, with a Green Turquoise door. Colour consultant Samantha Bacon also uses Lexicon Half as the trim white with a Surfmist roof.
  • Scheme Part of a roof, wall and trim scheme on the roofs page. Light roof, dark cladding: House Eadie by Tribe Studio (2012) put Dulux Monument at 75 percent on Axon cladding under a Surfmist roof. Keeps the dark look without a dark roof.
  • Scheme Part of a roof, wall and trim scheme on the roofs page. Clayfield House by Richards and Spence, Brisbane (2012): Surfmist Trimdek roof over Woodland Grey steel wall cladding and timber.
  • Scheme Part of a roof, wall and trim scheme on the roofs page. Bondi House by Fearns Studio (2013): Surfmist roof, brick painted Whisper White, timber and feature sheeting in Monument.
  • Scheme Part of a roof, wall and trim scheme on the roofs page. All-steel version: Samantha Bacon pairs a Monument roof with Surfmist or Dover White for Hamptons and Shale Grey for contemporary; BlueScope shows Monument with Surfmist and Southerly.

COLORBOND Surfmist at every brand

Each brand publishes a slightly different screen value for its match, but every one mixes to the same steel colour. Match by name, not by screen.

Closest at the other brands

Measured colour difference (ΔE 2000) from each brand's published values, current fan decks only. Under 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall.

Either side of it at Colorbond