Description
Facade colour is the one decision a client remembers, and it is settled outdoors with the material in hand. Held inside the render colour charts and catalogues range at Renders World, this card set brings the Atlas palette to the wall itself.
Choosing a Facade Shade Before the Render Is Ordered
The Atlas Render Sample 24 Colours set puts applied render swatches in the hand, against a full SAH range of 480 colours that Atlas declares for its silicone render, so the shade is agreed outdoors before ordering. That is the whole purpose of a card set: to move the decision off a screen and onto the elevation it will live on.
Which 24 shades a given set carries is confirmed from the product images or by asking us before you order, since no published document lists the contents. The set does its clearest work in three situations.
- Domestic re-render enquiries: a homeowner choosing between two creams reaches a decision in one visit rather than three, because the cards can be held against the existing brickwork.
- Planning and conservation submissions: an applied swatch with its SAH code gives an officer a physical reference rather than a printed approximation, which is the form of evidence those consultations respond to best.
- Repeat plots on a development: the approved code carries from the sample card to every subsequent order, keeping plot twenty the colour plot one was signed off as.
Why UK Specifiers Shortlist From Cards Rather Than a Screen
A shortlist held in daylight is a shortlist that survives to handover, and four practical returns follow from ordering the cards early.
- The code travels with the decision: an SAH number written on an approved card is what the order, the tinting and the applicator all work from, with no translation step in between.
- Texture is part of the colour: Atlas gives this render a lambskin texture with aggregate up to 1.5 mm or 2.0 mm, and grain changes how a pigment reads at viewing distance.
- Dark shades are checked early: deep colours carry a reflectance condition tied to the reinforcing layer beneath, so knowing the shade early lets the build-up be specified around it.
- A shortlist is faster than a full palette: a manageable card set closes most domestic decisions, with the complete catalogue held in reserve for a specified or bespoke code.
What the Swatch Codes Order Against: Atlas Render Data
These figures belong to ATLAS SILICONE RENDER, the finish an approved SAH code is ordered in, and not to the cards themselves. The range is specified from premium silicone render, which owns the full specification; the table is here because two of these lines decide whether a chosen shade can be used as drawn.
| Property (Atlas Silicone Render) | Declared value |
|---|---|
| Colour range | 480 colours, SAH scheme, plus individual colours to order |
| Texture | Lambskin, aggregate to 1.5 mm or 2.0 mm |
| Dark colours, HBW above 6% | With a STOPTER K-100 reinforced layer |
| Dark colours, HBW above 15% | With a HOTER U2 or HOTER U2-B reinforced layer |
| Consumption, 1.5 mm grain | From 2.2 kg/m² by hand, from 1.9 kg/m² by machine |
| Consumption, 2.0 mm grain | From 2.8 kg/m² by hand |
| Pack size | 25 kg plastic bucket |
| Standard | EN 15824:2017, Declaration of Performance No. 145/3/CPR |
The two consumption lines are worth reading as a purchasing instruction rather than a specification. The same approved colour needs from 2.2 kg/m² applied by hand and from 1.9 kg/m² by machine, so the method quoted changes the material bill on a large elevation, and how grain size shifts finish and coverage follows that through.
How to Read the Cards on Site and Carry the Code to the Order
Swatch cards are small and facades are not, so the comparison has to be staged deliberately for the result to hold. Working through them in this order gives an approval nobody revisits on the scaffold.
- Take the cards outdoors at the property and hold the candidates flat against the wall at chest height, stepping back two to three metres to the distance the finished elevation is actually seen from.
- Check the shortlist twice in a day, since an east elevation in the morning and a south wall in the afternoon give the same pigment two different characters.
- Set the final two against the fixed materials — brick returns, roof tiles, window frames — because those are what the render has to live beside.
- Tape the chosen card up with the SAH code visible, photograph it, and write the code onto the order, which is where running a colour chart through a live project picks the workflow up.
One line on the Atlas sheet is worth knowing before the first bucket is opened: hand-applied and machine-applied render finish to different textures, and Atlas states that combining the two application technologies on the same building is not permissible. Confirm with the applicator which method is quoted, and the approved colour reads consistently across every elevation.
Which Colour Reference Fits the Project in Front of You
Four references sit in this range and they answer different questions, so a minute spent here saves a week of waiting for the wrong one. The table separates them by what the swatch physically shows.
| Reference | What it shows | When to choose it |
|---|---|---|
| Atlas 24-colour card set | A shortlist of applied Atlas render shades | A domestic facade decision made on site |
| Atlas full colour catalogue | The complete SAH palette | An architect-issued or bespoke code |
| Ceresit colour sample books | The Ceresit facade palette | A project built on Ceresit renders |
| Mosaic and decorative samples | Aggregate and textured finishes | Plinths and feature detailing |
Where a code has already been specified, or the shade sits outside a shortlist, the full catalogue is the better starting point and is ordered from the same colour chart and catalogue range. Where the base of the wall is being detailed separately, the mosaic renders for plinths are chosen from their own aggregate swatches, since a printed panel cannot represent a grit finish.
Ordering the Card Set and the Render It Points To
Order the Atlas Render Sample 24 Colours set from this page, and the route from an approved card to a specified wall is short. Renders World supplies both ends of it.
- Order the finish: the approved SAH code is ordered in the Atlas thin-coat render range, in 25 kg buckets.
- Coordinate the palette: narrowing a facade shade down covers pairing colour with texture and adjacent materials, and earth-tone facade schemes for 2026 covers where the market is heading.
- Renovating rather than rendering: the Atlas sheet names ATLAS SALTA N silicone paint as the route for refreshing an aged coating, so silicone masonry paints are the answer where the render itself is sound.
FAQ — Ordering, Reading and Documenting the Colour Set
How does the card set differ from the full Atlas catalogue?
Scale is the difference. Atlas declares 480 colours in the SAH scheme for this render, which is more than most domestic clients can usefully compare, so a card set narrows the field to something a decision can actually be made from. The catalogue earns its place when a code has already been issued or a bespoke colour is wanted, which Atlas also offers to a customer's own instruction.
Can I choose one of the darker shades for a whole elevation?
Yes, within a condition Atlas ties to the layer underneath. The sheet permits colours with a light reflectance above 6% in a system whose reinforced layer is made with STOPTER K-100, and above 15% where that layer uses HOTER U2 or HOTER U2-B. Settle the shade early and the build-up can be specified to suit it, which how dark shades behave under solar exposure works through in full.
Once a colour is approved, how much render does the wall need?
Work it from the declared consumption. On a 100 m² elevation at 1.5 mm grain applied by hand, 100 m² × 2.2 kg/m² = 220 kg, and 220 kg ÷ 25 kg per bucket = 8.8, so nine buckets before any allowance for waste and openings. Machine application starts from 1.9 kg/m², which is a different bill on the same colour.
How do I keep colour consistent, and how should the cards be stored?
Atlas asks that render of the same manufacture date is used across one surface, so order the elevation in a single delivery and the shade stays even wall to wall. Keep the cards flat and out of prolonged direct sunlight between projects, filed with a note of the approved codes, and matching a later phase or an extension becomes a five-minute job.
What documentation backs the colour choice in a tender pack?
The render carries a Declaration of Performance, No. 145/3/CPR under EN 15824:2017, and its data sheet also states that production is covered by a Type III environmental statement, though the sheet gives no number for that declaration. Ask Renders World for the current documents against the exact product being specified.
Technical Documentation for the Atlas Silicone Render Range
- ATLAS Silicone Render technical data sheet — SAH colour range, texture and grain, reflectance conditions for dark colours, consumption by application method and pack size; sheet update date 29 March 2022, and the source of every render figure above.