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Short answer: Tarimatec composite decking comes in 31 colours across three collections — Chromatic (contemporary greys and charcoals), Wood (warm honey-to-espresso wood-tones) and Ethnic (rich blended tones) — each available in a brushed Nature, grooved Tecno or textured Surco finish. Grey is the most popular composite decking colour in Canada, followed by black/charcoal and warm brown.
The right shade depends on your light (overcast skies flatten colour; bright sun intensifies it), your home’s siding, and heat underfoot. Order a physical sample before you commit — a screen can’t show how a colour reads outdoors in Canadian light.
About Our Finishes
Zino offers a wide range of surface finishes that combine beauty, performance, and design versatility. From contemporary looks to natural wood effects, our finishes adapt perfectly to both residential and commercial spaces.
1. Tecno
The Tecno finish, available exclusively for alveolar decking, evokes innovation and modernity. Its grooved texture allows for refined and distinguished spaces.
Deck Chromatic
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2. Nature
With a smooth brushed texture, the Nature finish exemplifies how technology and nature can come together to create warm, Mediterranean-inspired spaces.
Deck Chromatic
Deck Wood
Montblanc
Annapurna 50
Aris Square
Aris Cadence
Aris Horizon
3. Surco
The Surco finish combines grooving with soft brushing to create a unique, tactile texture - perfect for adding sophistication to your projects.
Deck Ethnic
Aris onna
Malibü
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4. Sanding
The Sanding finish provides a subtle four-sided sanding
effect, offering a 360-degree design solution — perfect tor blurring creative boundaries.
Annapurna 40
Annapurna 80
Annapurna 160
Annapurna 80x80
Annapurna Rodium
Chromatic Collection
A palette of five elegant, flat tones designed to inspire personalized and unique spaces. This collection showcases the full colour potential of our raw materials. allowing you to choose the perfect shade to match the essence of your project.
- Nature: Brushed texture for a natural feel
- Tecno: Grooved surface for modern aesthetics
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Wood Collection
Inspired by the rich, organic character of real wood, our Wood collection
captures its timeless appeal in a durable, long-lasting material. Featuring fourteen distinct shades, each plank has unique grain patterns that make it truly one of a kind.
- Nature: Brushed finish emphasizing wood grain texture
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Ethnic Collection
The Ethnic range features twelve original shades, each with a subtle grain designed to evoke a sense of harmony with nature. This collection brings warmth, depth, and a grounded. sophisticated aesthetic to any outdoor space.
- Surco: Grooved and brushed for organic elegance
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How to choose a composite decking colour for Canadian light and climate
Colour behaves differently outdoors than on a screen or a showroom chip. In much of Canada the light is soft and overcast for long stretches, which flattens colour and pulls greys and greiges cooler; bright prairie and West-Coast sun does the opposite, deepening browns and making charcoals read almost black. Whatever shade you like, judge it outside, at the time of day you’ll actually use the deck.
Lighter or darker than your house?
The safest, most popular choice is a deck slightly darker than the house — a charcoal or espresso deck under white, greige or light-grey siding grounds the space. A lighter deck against dark siding creates a bright, airy contrast. Either way, pull your colour cue from a permanent element like brick or the roofline rather than a paint colour you might change.
Heat underfoot
Colour drives surface temperature: any dark board runs warmer in direct sun. Tarimatec’s mineral-rich stone composite moderates heat better than many wood-fibre WPC boards of the same shade, but no dark colour stays cool. For sunny, barefoot areas — pool surrounds, south-facing terraces — choose mid-tones or lighter greys, and reserve black and charcoal for shaded or shoes-on spaces.
Hiding dust, pollen and marks
Multi-tonal, mid-range colours hide the most. Boards that blend two or three shades per plank — warm greige, driftwood and blended wood-tones — disguise scuffs, footprints, pollen and salt grit far better than a flat, uniform colour. Very dark solids show dust and pollen most; very light solids show organic staining most.
Three collections, three moods
The Chromatic collection covers contemporary greys, charcoals and neutral solids for modern and transitional homes. The Wood collection carries warm, multi-tonal wood-tones — honey, oak, teak and espresso — for the look of hardwood with none of the sanding, staining or sealing. The Ethnic collection adds rich, characterful blended tones with deeper grain and movement. Every colour is offered in a brushed Nature, grooved Tecno or textured Surco finish, and the same colours carry across Tarimatec decking and cladding so a deck and a feature wall can match exactly.
Once you have a shortlist, see the full range on the composite decking page, learn the material on the Tarimatec hub, and order composite decking samples so you can test your colours in place before you buy.
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Multiple textures and styles to match every project
UV and weather resistant
Long-lasting color stability
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Composite decking colour questions, answered
What colours does composite decking come in?
Tarimatec composite decking comes in 31 colours across three collections: Chromatic (contemporary greys, charcoals and neutral solids), Wood (warm, multi-tonal wood-tones such as honey, oak, teak and espresso) and Ethnic (rich, characterful blended tones). Each colour is offered in a brushed Nature, grooved Tecno or textured Surco finish, so you can match anything from a modern grey terrace to a warm timber-look deck.
What is the most popular composite decking colour in Canada?
Grey is the most popular composite decking colour in Canada, especially warm greys and greige multi-tones, because they suit the modern, transitional and farmhouse homes common in Canadian construction and hide pollen and salt grit well. Black and charcoal are the next most popular, followed by warm espresso-brown wood-tones.
Do dark composite decks get hot in the sun?
Any dark decking surface gets warmer in direct sun than a light one, because colour drives surface temperature. Tarimatec’s mineral-rich stone composite moderates heat better than many wood-fibre WPC boards of the same colour, but no dark board stays cool. For sunny, barefoot areas choose mid-tones or lighter greys and reserve black or charcoal for shaded or shoes-on spaces.
Which composite decking colour hides scratches, dust and dirt best?
Multi-tonal, mid-range colours hide dust, pollen and marks best. Boards that blend two or three shades per plank — warm greige, driftwood and blended wood-tones — disguise scuffs, footprints and fine surface marks far better than a flat, uniform light or very dark colour. Very dark solids show dust and pollen most; very light solids show organic staining most.
Should my composite deck be lighter or darker than my house?
The safest, most popular choice is a deck slightly darker than the house — for example a charcoal or espresso deck under white, greige or light-grey siding, which grounds the space. A lighter deck against dark siding creates a bright, airy contrast. Either way, pull your colour cue from a permanent element like brick or roofline, and test a physical sample in place before deciding.
Can I paint or stain composite decking to change its colour?
You can paint or stain composite, but you should not. Composite is engineered not to absorb finishes, so coatings peel, often void the warranty, and reintroduce the maintenance you bought composite to avoid. Instead, choose the right colour at purchase from the 31 available shades — the colour runs through the board and is engineered to resist fade for the 25-year warranty period.
See your colours in Canadian light
A screen can’t show how a colour reads outdoors. Order a production sample and test your shortlist against your siding, brick and light before you commit.
- Composite decking in Canada — the full range, specs and warranty
- What is Tarimatec? — the Ecofiber stone composite behind the colours
- All Tarimatec products — decking, cladding and louvre systems
- Deck cost calculator — estimate your project in CAD
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