ᐅ What type of external venetian blinds (also known as louvered shutters) should be used?

saralina87 schrieb:

I was asked by @Hangman to share some photos of our dark-colored windows 🙂

First of all, a big thank you to Hangman for still thinking of me elsewhere!! And a big thank you to you, saralina87, for posting here!

saralina87 schrieb:

I still really like them, but I have to admit that in hindsight we would have paid more attention to how wide the frames are. Narrower frames would make the dark windows look even better to me.

May I ask which RAL color your windows are? They still look a bit like anthracite...
The frame width comment is true, but unfortunately, ours won’t get any narrower 😕. If it feels too tight for you, would you do it differently now?

I’m wondering if it would be worthwhile to start a separate thread on this topic? What do you think?

To add some info about the external venetian blinds (raffstore), we have now received confirmation from the builder that the CDL slat can be installed for us and has been commissioned! We’re very happy about this because we were even able to see it live in a show home from another builder in the meantime. The only thing that still concerns me a little is the darkening effect. I’m someone who normally covers even a brightly lit LED with insulation tape because it bothers me at night. Before choosing the CDL slat, I always planned to install an additional blackout system inside the bedroom. The builder said they could create a wall box for this internal system so that it would mostly be hidden. What do you think, Hangman—is the extra effort worth it, or is the darkness level close to that of a roller shutter? Your photos look good but still somewhat bright, and our bedroom faces the east/south corner.

Gladly!

No, we would do it exactly the same again. In our previous apartment, we had white uPVC windows, so we can directly compare. 🙂

The color is actually more of an anthracite, RAL 7016; completely black would have been a bit too harsh for my taste. This way, the windows also match well with dark wooden furniture, which usually isn’t completely black either.

A big thank you from me as well for the great photos and information. We are also planning to use dark frames both inside and outside. I’m always a bit unsure whether that’s a good idea, but the pictures convince me every time again. 🙂

@saralina87 But your windows are made of uPVC, right?

Yes

Grobmutant schrieb:

A big thank you from me as well for the great photos and information. We are also planning to have dark frames both inside and outside. I always hesitate a bit, wondering if it's a good idea, but the pictures convince me every time again 🙂

@saralina87 But you have plastic windows, right?

Yes, those are plastic windows.

Nixwill schrieb:

May I ask which RAL color you used for your windows? They still look slightly anthracite to me...

As I have mentioned several times, RAL is not Pantone. RAL colors are not defined independently of the material, so a window in the "same" color tone will very likely not be an exact match to your neighbor’s if a different manufacturer was chosen. Similarly, you can be almost certain that the window color will differ from that of roof tiles with the same RAL number (so it’s better to choose a deliberately noticeable difference).

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No one disputed that 😉.

It was just clearly visible that it’s not a true black, which is why I asked my (in my opinion) justified question. Of course, there are always variations depending on the materials you apply the color to or the method you use to “color” it, and so on... But here, the color difference is even more obvious, because the names themselves distinguish between RAL 7016 (Anthracite Gray) and, for example, RAL 9005 (Jet Black) — one is anthracite, not black.

I think slight variations in anthracite tones are acceptable (especially on the roof), but black is definitely noticeably different. To stick with your example of roof tiles (reference to the other thread), I have now received the samples. The two gray shades ordered here are clearly identifiable as gray, and the two black shades are actually black.

For me personally, this is enough; it is clearly recognized as black and matches black windows accordingly. The other way around would be obvious as well, and regardless of which gray it is, I wouldn’t choose black tiles with anthracite-colored windows, nor vice versa.

What I still need to decide is whether black might be too black. 😀