BS 4904:1978
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Specification for external cladding colours for building purposes
Hardcopy , PDF
English
29-12-1978
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Foreword
Cooperating organizations
Specification
1. Scope
2. References
3. The colour range
4. Identification of colours
5. Matching
6. Munsell references
Table
1. Colour range
Appendix
A. Approximate Munsell references
(separate sheet included in this package)
Text, mask and folder specifying 38 preferred colours for external cladding in aluminium, asbestos-cement, opaque glass, opaque plastics and steel, selected from BS 5252. The specified colours are not illustrated; these are shown in BS 5252.
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B/542
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 77/12609 DC. (07/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, November 2012. (10/2012)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
10
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Current
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This British Standard specifies the preferred colours for external cladding in the following materials:
aluminium
asbestos-cement
opaque glass*
opaque plastics
steel
The standard includes colours for vitreous enamel for building purposes selected from BS 4900 and colours for opaque plastics for building purposes selected from BS 4901; reference should be made to these standards.
| Standards | Relationship |
| UNE-EN 60335-2-44:2003 | Identical |
| BS 4154-1:1985 | Corrugated plastics translucent sheets made from thermo-setting polyester resin (glass fibre reinforced) Specification for material and performance requirements |
| BS 4800:1989 | Schedule of paint colours for building purposes |
| BS 4800(2011) : 2011 | SCHEDULE OF PAINT COLOURS FOR BUILDING PURPOSES |
| BS 5252:1976 | Framework for colour co-ordination for building purposes |
| 02/124308 DC : DRAFT NOV 2002 | BS 5252 - FRAMEWORK FOR COLOUR CO-ORDINATION |
| BS 5427-1:1996 | Code of practice for the use of profiled sheet for roof and wall cladding on buildings Design |
| BS 4900:1976 | Specification for vitreous enamel colours for building purposes |
| BS 5252:1976 | Framework for colour co-ordination for building purposes |
| BS 950-1:1967 | Specification for artificial daylight for the assessment of colour Illuminant for colour matching and colour appraisal |
| BS 5502-3.11(1978) : 1978 | CODE OF PRACTICE FOR DESIGN OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES FOR AGRICULTURE - APPENDICES LEGISLATION TECHNICAL DATA AND REFERENCES - EXTERNAL COLOURS FOR FARM BUILDINGS |
| BS 4901:1976 | Specification for plastics colours for building purposes |
| BS 5252F:1976 | Colour matching fan |
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