Color and Texture Selection Guide

    The proper selection of color, form, and texture is critical to aesthetic appearance of architectural precast concrete. The choice of appropriate aggregates and textures, combined with well conceived production and erection details, can achieve a wide variety of design objectives.

    It is recommended that the architect contact local architectural precast concrete producers in the early design stages and throughout the development of the contract documents. This will provide optimum utility and quality of the product and its installation at minimum construction cost.

    Design flexibility is possible in both color and texture of precast concrete by varying aggregate and matrix color, size of aggregates, finishing processes, and depth of exposure. Combining color with texture accentuates the natural beauty of aggregates.

Aggregates are a product of nature, variations of color and shape can be anticipated. It is recommended that these scans be used for guiding initial color selections only.