What does Paperbark look like?
BlueScope calls it warming and neutral. It's lighter than Dune and browner than Evening Haze, and it doesn't have the yellow of Classic Cream. BlueScope suggests light timber, contemporary brick and neutral render, and its palette puts Gully trims on a Paperbark roof.
How cool does it run?
Paperbark's published solar absorptance is 0.43, under the 0.45 line BlueScope uses for its cool roofing colours. From that figure, NSW BASIX rates it light and the older NCC 2019 bands rated it medium. For a new home it's comfortably below the 0.64 that zones 1 to 5 allow on the elemental route.
BlueScope prints each colour's solar absorptance on the back of its swatches, so turn the sample over when you compare. Then look at the front against your walls in full sun.
Good in dusty country
In dry, dusty areas a pale brown tends to hide red dust and grime better than white, while still reflecting more of the sun than it absorbs. That makes it a practical light roof for inland homes, sheds and farm buildings.
One colour for the verandah, tank and fence
BlueScope lists Paperbark for patios and pergolas, water tanks, sheds and walls, and it's in the Colorbond fence range too. A patio roof in the house colour reads as part of the home, not an add-on. It isn't made in Ultra, so it's for homes beyond 200 m of breaking surf.
If you're torn between cream and grey
Paperbark sits neatly between the two. We'd get sample sheets of Paperbark, Evening Haze and Classic Cream and look at all three against the house at midday; the differences are small on a chip and obvious on a wall. Colorbond is BlueScope's trademark, and our only link to BlueScope is quoting its published figures.
Want a roofer to take a look?
Tell us the job and your postcode. We match it with a Find My Roofer certified roofer who specialises in that kind of work, and they call you to quote. Your number goes to them alone.