Colour library
Glass splashback colours, by RAL number
The 70 RAL Classic colours we back-paint most, grouped by family. Every colour has its own page: how it reads on the glass, the colours nearest to it, and one click to see it on a kitchen wall or price it.
Why it matters
Why choose from the RAL chart?
A splashback is one of the largest single colours in a kitchen, and the one that has to match things already painted. The chart is how that match is specified.
A RAL number is a specification
Say "RAL 7016" and every painter, kitchen fitter and glass workshop in the country knows the colour. Choosing from the chart means the splashback matches the door, the radiator or the window frame that was painted to the same number.
The glass changes the colour
Ordinary float glass carries a faint green cast that shows on pale colours; low-iron glass has almost none. Every page here says which base glass the colour wants, so a white stays white.
A screen is a guide, not a match
RAL is a physical standard defined by a painted chip. The swatches here are approximations on your screen; the colour on the wall is settled with a sample in your own light.
By family
Every colour in the library
Swatches are a guide to the colour, drawn from published sRGB values of the physical RAL chips; your screen and the glass will both shift them. Tap a colour for its page.
Whites and creams
The most ordered colours of all, and the ones the base glass changes most: a white on ordinary float reads cream-green, so these are the colours to specify on low-iron glass.
Greys
The safe pair with a white or timber kitchen. Pale greys behave like whites on the glass; the dark greys behave like blacks and show marks.
- RAL 7035Light grey
- RAL 7047Telegrey 4
- RAL 7044Silk grey
- RAL 7038Agate grey
- RAL 7040Window grey
- RAL 7004Signal grey
- RAL 7001Silver grey
- RAL 7030Stone grey
- RAL 7037Dusty grey
- RAL 7024Graphite greyShows marks
- RAL 7015Slate greyShows marks
- RAL 7016Anthracite greyShows marks
- RAL 7021Black greyShows marks
- RAL 9006White aluminiumMetallic, quoted by hand
- RAL 9007Grey aluminiumMetallic, quoted by hand
Blacks
Dramatic behind a hob and unforgiving of a dirty cloth: every smear, drip and fingerprint shows on gloss black, so it suits a kitchen that gets wiped often.
Blues
From near-navy to pale sky. The pale blues shift towards sea-green on ordinary float, which some people like; specify low-iron if you want the chip's colour.
Greens
Olive and moss sit happily with timber; the pale greens are the one family the green cast of float glass flatters rather than spoils.
Reds and pinks
The strong colours in the range. A red splashback is a decision about the whole kitchen, and a sample on the wall for a week is worth more than any screen.
Yellows
Bright and warm, and the family most affected by the base glass: a lemon yellow on float glass turns visibly lime.
Oranges
The colour this workshop has painted more of than any other bright shade. Strong enough that the base glass barely matters.
Browns and beiges
Warm neutrals for a timber or stone kitchen. The dark browns show marks the way a black does; the beiges behave like creams.
Next
See it on a wall, then price it
- Splashback visualiserDrop any of these colours onto a photo of your own kitchen, or onto one of our stock kitchens if you have no photo to hand.
- How much does a glass splashback cost?The usual hob, sink and full-run sizes priced by the same engine our checkout charges from, with the colour carried across.
Straight answers
Splashback colour questions
Which RAL colours are most popular for a glass splashback?
Whites and pale greys are ordered most, RAL 9010 and RAL 9016 for a white kitchen and RAL 7035 or RAL 7016 against timber or dark units, with jet black RAL 9005 behind a hob for contrast. Our own project gallery shows the brighter end too: orange, lime, olive, pale blue, cream and deep pink have all been painted here.
Can I have a colour that is not in this library?
Yes. The library carries the colours people ask for most, but the paint is mixed to order, so any RAL Classic number can be made, and a colour can be matched to a physical sample such as a tile or a paint chip. Ask at either branch and it is quoted the same way as a listed colour.
Why does a white glass splashback sometimes look green?
Because standard float glass contains iron, which gives it a faint green cast that is visible at the edge of a pane and, through a pale colour, across the whole face. Low-iron glass has almost none of that cast, so white reads white. Each colour page says whether low-iron is worth it for that colour; for whites and creams it is.
Is the colour on screen accurate?
No screen can be. RAL colours are defined by painted chips, the values on this site are approximations of them, and every screen renders them differently. Lacquered glass also reads a little glossier and cooler than a matt paint chart. Use the swatches to shortlist, then settle it with a sample.
Does the colour change the price?
No. A back-painted splashback is priced as its glass type and size; the RAL colour is not a price line. The one exception is a metallic pigment, which needs a different paint system and is quoted by hand.