What does Dune look like?
BlueScope describes a soft, comforting neutral with warm, blush tones. It's warmer than the greys and paler than Gully. BlueScope suggests mid-tone timber and limestone.
Its palettes put Shale Grey (Matt) against a Dune roof, pair Dune with Gully, or use Dune Matt as the pale partner to Jasper. The blush shows most in warm morning and evening light, so see a sample sheet then, as well as at midday.
Heat: just over the line in NSW
Dune's published solar absorptance is 0.48, in both Classic and Matt. Most Matt colours absorb a little more than their Classic version; Dune's doesn't change. NSW BASIX draws its light line at 0.475, so in NSW Dune counts as medium, just. Worked out the same way, the older NCC 2019 bands also call it medium.
It's a long way under 0.64, so colour alone won't push a new home in zones 1 to 5 off the elemental route. It's just above BlueScope's 0.45 cool roofing line.
Living near the water
Port Phillip Bay from Altona to Portsea counts as exposed water in BlueScope's examples, so the same rules apply as for surf: standard or Matt Colorbond beyond 200 m, Ultra beyond 100 m. Within about 100 m of breaking surf, BlueScope points to Superdura Stainless, and Dune is one of its four colours.
Ultra is listed in the Classic finish, so Matt Dune is for homes more than 200 m back.
The move we'd make
If you want a warm, pale roof and you're anywhere near the water, Dune is the colour we'd build the scheme around, because you won't have to change colour if your distance changes the grade. Further inland, it's still a soft, forgiving neutral. Colorbond is a BlueScope trademark; we work independently of BlueScope.
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