COLOUR CENTRE · ANY RAL SHADE MATCHED
Every ProFinish job is sprayed in a colour you choose, not a colour we stock. Below are the RAL shades Luton asks for most, the surfaces each one suits, and how to confirm your choice with a sprayed sample before the main work starts.
The swatches on this page are a digital guide only. No two phones or monitors show colour the same way, and a sprayed finish behaves differently again because the sheen level changes how your eye reads the colour. A satin anthracite and a gloss anthracite are the same RAL number and look like two different greys in daylight.
Treat this page as a shortlist tool. Narrow it down to two or three, then confirm properly before anything gets sprayed.
Most requested
These six account for most of what gets sprayed. Each one lists the surfaces it genuinely suits, because a colour that looks right on a garage door does not always work on kitchen cupboards.
The default modern grey. If you have seen a house on your street go from white uPVC to a sharp dark grey, this is almost always the colour.
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A true black with no blue or brown cast. Works best in satin rather than gloss on large flat panels, because high gloss shows every ripple in the original surface.
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A clean white with a very slight warm cast, which stops it looking clinical indoors. The usual choice for bringing yellowed or dated white uPVC back to life.
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A soft pale grey that reads as a neutral rather than a colour. Popular on kitchens where white feels too stark but anthracite would darken the room.
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A deep traditional green. This is the colour on the Bletchley garage door in our gallery, so you can see exactly how it looks in a finished colour scheme.
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Almost navy, but with enough grey in it to stay subtle. A safe way to add colour to a front door without it shouting.
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Straight answer on whether a sample makes sense for your job.
By colour family
A working shortlist rather than the whole RAL system. If the shade you want is not here, it can still be matched, along with Farrow & Ball equivalents and shades from most other decorative ranges.
The most requested family by a wide margin, on everything from window frames to kitchen units.
Strongest kerb appeal on doors and shutters. Satin hides surface imperfection better than gloss.
For refreshing yellowed uPVC and for kitchens where a warmer white suits the room better.
Traditional on garage doors, front doors and timber. Ask about a suitable exterior finish.
Front doors and kitchen base units, where a dark blue reads as smarter than black.
Period front doors and shopfronts. Reds are the least forgiving family, so a sprayed sample is worth it.
Sympathetic to brickwork and stone, and a common match for existing timber joinery.
Sheen
The same RAL number in three different sheens gives three different results. This matters more than most people expect.
The most requested by a wide margin, and the safest choice on kitchens, doors and garage doors. Enough sheen to wipe clean and to look deliberately finished, without throwing hard reflections that highlight every imperfection in the original surface.
Flat and contemporary, and very good at hiding minor unevenness in an older surface. Slightly less forgiving to clean than satin, so it is a better choice on wardrobes and feature units than on a kitchen behind a hob.
The sharpest look and the least forgiving. High gloss on a large flat panel shows every ripple underneath, so it only gets recommended where the surface and the preparation can carry it. Jay will say honestly if your surface is not a good candidate.
Choosing the right RAL number is the easy part. Whether it still looks right in five years comes down to what happens before the colour goes on.
Every ProFinish job is degreased, cleaned, keyed back by hand, filled and repaired where needed, masked properly and primed with the correct primer for that substrate. uPVC, powder-coated steel, aluminium, MDF and bare timber all need different treatment, and getting that wrong is why sprayed finishes fail early. The specified topcoat is then applied, and it is left to cure properly rather than rushed back into service.
That sequence is the same whether you pick the safest grey on this page or the boldest red.
Send Jay three photos, your postcode and your preferred colour and you will get an initial guide price. If you are torn between two shades, say so and you will get an honest opinion on which one suits the surface.