BS 4904:1978

This standard BS 4904:1978 Specification for external cladding colours for building purposes is classified in these ICS categories:

• 91.060.10 Walls. Partitions. Façades

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.

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.