Choose the Perfect Colour and Texture with a Brick Selector
If you’re wondering how your commercial building can stand out from surrounding architecture, it often boils down to its aesthetic appearance.
Using bricks undoubtedly gives you the most practical and efficient material for longevity and sustainability. That being said, brick colour and texture play a huge part in the overall look and feel of a commercial structure. One of the many benefits of using bricks is that they can be sourced in numerous colours and textures, so there is bound to be a blend that will give your building that wow factor it deserves.
However, you’re not alone if you’re wondering which brick texture and colour to choose for your building. Modular Clay Products have created this short guide to help give you some inspiration.
Brick Colours
For architects, finding the perfect type of brick can be quite daunting. More often than not, colour is one of the first aspects to consider. Here at Modular Clay Products, we offer clay facing bricks into numerous categories, split by colours.
Here are just some of the bricks available to sample via our website:
- Red facing bricks
- Blue clay pavers
- White brick slips
- Black glazed bricks
- Yellow stock bricks
- Red multi stock bricks
- Terracotta bricks
- Grey brick slips
The list above is just the tip of the iceberg. There are hundreds of other variations between these examples, but the above gives you a good indicator of what you can get with reliable brick suppliers like ourselves. We work with numerous brick manufacturers worldwide to source almost any brick, in the colour you require.
Brick Textures and Colour Variations
Each brick’s colour is influenced by the raw materials’ mineral and chemical content, the kiln’s firing temperature, and atmosphere.
Here are some essential things to remember before choosing your facing brick:
- Clay bricks are natural products; therefore, the colours may differ slightly between production runs. Within a large pack of bricks, the colour differences are relatively minor, and the balance will usually be acceptable.
- Using various bricks from different packs will result in some striking, vibrant floods of colour.
- There is an increasing trend of using a mixture of bricks, with different textures and colours, to create signature brick blends.
- Blending bricks together to create a bespoke, unique product allows architects to create a unique project.
- The mortar accounts for nearly 20% of the walls’ visible exterior brickwork. This percentage may vary slightly depending on the brick bonding pattern’s appearance, so you should think carefully about mortar colour as well.
- You must check that your mortar colour will suit the surrounding brick wall. The bricks themselves may look drastically different when paired with a mortar that starkly contrasts it.
- It’s widely-recommended that you sample and test various colours when you’re choosing the right brick type.
Ultimately, the choice of brick falls upon the architect, and with the help of brick suppliers like MCP, they frequently end up with a brick that meets – and often exceeds – their expectations.
If you are still unsure of where to begin with brick choices, why not consider using our handy brick selection tool?
Brick Selector
Here at Modular Clay Products, we have a brick selector tool – scattered all across our website – where you can narrow down your choices.
If you’re struggling for inspiration, this brick finder lets you find, for example, a clay brick in a specific colour, type and variation.
You could select a brick in blue or black multi brick, in long format dimensions. Or check out our various red multi stock brick products. We even have buff and yellow glazed bricks to choose from.
When browsing our product pages, you have the option to press “compare brick”. This adds the product into your selection basket temporarily. If you find a second brick that you like the look of, you can press “compare brick” again, and another window will appear. This window gives you a side-by-side direct comparison of the two brick types you’ve selected. You’ll see their dimensions, size and much more in the comparison table.