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Terrazzo Colourways

231 colourways, measured the same four ways, from two published catalogues.

Our colourway library brings together 231 terrazzo colourways from our suppliers’ published catalogues — each shown from the manufacturer’s own photograph, with the maker’s marks removed and the colour on screen stated as a measured reference, not a colour-match. The full grid, the measured figures and the photographs of the material in use are below.

What this library is

Terrazzo colourways taken from two manufacturers' published catalogues with the companies' marks removed: one prints its references as numbers and ten named ones, the other prints its series and names on every slide. We buy from both makers, so these are colourways we can source and cut to your format — and they are shown here as the makers' own swatch photographs, measured, so that two pale greys can be compared instead of argued about.

⛔ The performance figures are deliberately absent. The first catalogue's page 4 prints a column of numbers whose labels are drawn as artwork, so which number belongs to which property cannot be read from the file; the second is a slide deck that prints its performance claims as prose and photographs. A number whose label is unknown is not a specification. The figures this page carries are the four measured ones, and each says what it measured.

How to read a colourway

The same four figures were measured from every swatch photograph, by taking the picture apart pixel by pixel. No sample was made for any entry here, and none of these figures is a test result — they are measurements of a photograph, which is a different thing, and they are what a colour choice can honestly rest on until a sample arrives.

The first catalogue's standard formats are 600 x 600 mm, 800 x 800 mm, 2400 x 1600 mm and 2400 x 1800 mm at 20 mm or 30 mm. The second prints no size table at all — its slides show the application, not the formats — so any entry from it is cut to order: tile, slab, stair tread, threshold, countertop or wall panel. What the page does not do is borrow the first catalogue's sizes for the second's products.

PXS 100 – 1099 36 colourways

The catalogue prints no series names, so this is its number range and nothing more.

PXS 8100 – 81000 18 colourways

The catalogue prints no series names, so this is its number range and nothing more.

PXS 221010 – 221012 8 colourways

The catalogue prints no series names, so this is its number range and nothing more.

PXS 230103 1 colourway

The catalogue prints no series names, so this is its number range and nothing more.

DXW 200 series 26 colourways

The Dongxing catalogue prints no series names either, so this is its number range and nothing more. The colours are numbered DXW201 upward and each number is the one a buyer quotes.

DXW 300 series 6 colourways

The Dongxing catalogue prints no series names either, so this is its number range and nothing more. The colours are numbered DXW301 upward and each number is the one a buyer quotes.

DXW 500 series 18 colourways

The Dongxing catalogue prints no series names either, so this is its number range and nothing more. The colours are numbered DXW501 upward and each number is the one a buyer quotes.

DXW 600 series 27 colourways

The Dongxing catalogue prints no series names either, so this is its number range and nothing more. The colours are numbered DXW601 upward and each number is the one a buyer quotes.

DXW 700 series 10 colourways

The Dongxing catalogue prints no series names either, so this is its number range and nothing more. The colours are numbered DXW701 upward and each number is the one a buyer quotes.

DXW 800 series 3 colourways

The Dongxing catalogue prints no series names either, so this is its number range and nothing more. The colours are numbered DXW801 upward and each number is the one a buyer quotes.

DXW 900 series 22 colourways

The Dongxing catalogue prints no series names either, so this is its number range and nothing more. The colours are numbered DXW901 upward and each number is the one a buyer quotes.

Named colourways 20 colourways

Ten colourways from the first catalogue carry the maker's own names; the rest are numbered. The English names are literal renderings of those names.

Two-tone series 3 colourways

The slide deck prints this series name in Chinese, not English. The mix is a light binder with a sparse, even chip spread.

Blooming multi-colour series 4 colourways

The slide deck prints this series name in Chinese, not English. Several chip sizes and colours read at once.

Medium aggregate series 3 colourways

The slide deck prints this series name in Chinese, not English. Medium chip in a light binder.

Weathered limestone series 5 colourways

The slide deck prints this series name in Chinese, not English. A limestone look, cut and filled like weathered stone.

Large aggregate series 9 colourways

The slide deck prints this series name in Chinese, not English. Large chip in a light binder.

Artificial travertine series 7 colourways

The slide deck prints this series name in Chinese, not English. An artificial travertine, banded rather than chipped.

Art panel series 4 colourways

The slide deck prints this series name in Chinese, not English. Patterned panels, the pattern laid in the mix.

Luminous panel 1 colourway

The slide deck prints this series name in Chinese, not English. A luminescent mix, shown here in daylight and after dark.

The material in use

Photographs from both catalogues, with the makers' marks removed. They are reference photographs of the material in somebody else's interior — not projects we supplied and not photographs of goods we made — and they are here because a colourway is chosen for a floor or a table, not for a grid.

Cement-bound terrazzo floor in a furnished interior.
Cement-bound terrazzo floor in a furnished interior. Reference photograph from the source catalogue; not a project we supplied.
Terrazzo tabletop set for service.
Terrazzo tabletop set for service. Reference photograph from the source catalogue; not a project we supplied.
Terrazzo wall and seating in a showroom.
Terrazzo wall and seating in a showroom. Reference photograph from the source catalogue; not a project we supplied.
Perforated terrazzo screen panels, photographed outdoors.
Perforated terrazzo screen panels, photographed outdoors. Reference photograph from the source catalogue; not a project we supplied.
Perforated terrazzo screen panel, close view.
Perforated terrazzo screen panel, close view. Reference photograph from the source catalogue; not a project we supplied.
Terrazzo floor in a retail interior.
Terrazzo floor in a retail interior. Reference photograph from the source catalogue; not a project we supplied.
Terrazzo paving with a handrail, outdoors.
Terrazzo paving with a handrail, outdoors. Reference photograph from the source catalogue; not a project we supplied.
Polished terrazzo floor across a glazed lobby.
Polished terrazzo floor across a glazed lobby. Reference photograph from the source catalogue; not a project we supplied.
Terrazzo floor in a hospital corridor.
Terrazzo floor in a hospital corridor. Reference photograph from the source catalogue; not a project we supplied.
Terrazzo floor and seating in a waiting area.
Terrazzo floor and seating in a waiting area. Reference photograph from the source catalogue; not a project we supplied.
Terrazzo floor on a metro platform.
Terrazzo floor on a metro platform. Reference photograph from the source catalogue; not a project we supplied.
Artificial travertine lining a corridor.
Artificial travertine lining a corridor. Reference photograph from the source catalogue; not a project we supplied.
Patterned terrazzo panel floor in a lobby.
Patterned terrazzo panel floor in a lobby. Reference photograph from the source catalogue; not a project we supplied.

Where to start

What colours can terrazzo be made in? answers the question behind the library — where the colour comes from, and what the binder allows. When you have a shortlist of codes, ask for samples of the batches, because a swatch on a screen is not a colour-match, and send us the specification when you are ready to quote.

Every swatch and every photograph on this page is a manufacturer's published image, shown here with the companies' marks removed and with no claim that the goods were made by us. The colour on a screen is not a colour-match; a sample of the batch decides.