Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Sep 27, 2014 8:24 am Hi all! My partner Jason and I are building a new house *yay* with Plantation Homes in QLD. Everything has gone swimmingly so far, the only problem I really have is I can't seem to find a garage door as dark as this: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We are going for pretty much the same colour scheme as the picture - with rich chocolate timber gable/windows/front door/balcony door (but with a coal tiled roof instead), but I haven't been able to find a rich chocolate garage door that matches. Our colour consultant recommended Jasper, but I think perhaps Monument might be better in the event we cannot get a perfect 'rich chocolate' match? I initially thought Caoba or Caoba Dawn (is there a difference?) might match.. but colour consultant assured me it would be too light and also it would be too red... Ideally I would love to be able to match it to the exact shade! Any tips/ideas/suggestions would be so appreciated! Re: Does anyone know what colour this garage door is? 2Sep 27, 2014 9:27 pm Colorbond Night Sky or Monument. Thinking more so Night Sky, but the image is a bit weird. I've seen a night sky garage and it was more "glossy" than this. Might have been the brand of door or something. Could also be monument, but bad lighting/photoshop. Is this image from Plantations website? If so, ask them. They should be able to tell you. My Noosa 23 Build - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=72782 Re: Does anyone know what colour this garage door is? 3Sep 28, 2014 8:52 am Hi Whzzz28, thanks for your reply! The image is actually a Metricon house design but i had a look at their door provider's colours and I don't really see anything including upgrades that could be this colour... I brought this pic to my colours consult at Plantation and she has said they don't have anything that is the same shade..? She recommended Jasper though it wouldn't be as dark, but after a few days I changed that to monument in the hopes of matching it a bit I will have a look at night sky garages as I haven't previously looked at actual garage pics of that shad.e I suspect Metricon may have done some photoshopping if this exact door shade doesn't exist ... Re: Does anyone know what colour this garage door is? 4Sep 28, 2014 10:40 am Hi sairawr, I built with henley. My doors are all stained rich chocolate. My garage is caboa and looks great (my opinion lol ) Second Build, this time with Carlisle 2016, can't wait! Beckham: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67280 Canterbury: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81175 Re: Does anyone know what colour this garage door is? 5Sep 28, 2014 11:49 am Sairawr I will have a look at night sky garages as I haven't previously looked at actual garage pics of that shad.e I suspect Metricon may have done some photoshopping if this exact door shade doesn't exist ... Yep, take a look at the Sun's location, then at the front of the house. It's way too bright to be natural for that time of day. As mentioned i have seen Night Sky and it is very heavy. I wouldn't go past Monument, unless you really like Night Sky. Metricon might not have the color on their website, but if you find the brand of door you can look on their website and it will list all available colors. Most doors use Colorbond colours with a few wood grain textures thrown in. IE: I know a few builders use B&D Panelmasta doors, Metricon might as well. http://colorbond.com/colour My Noosa 23 Build - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=72782 Re: Does anyone know what colour this garage door is? 6Sep 28, 2014 2:31 pm PEARZ Hi sairawr, I built with henley. My doors are all stained rich chocolate. My garage is caboa and looks great (my opinion lol ) Hi Pearz, thanks for your input . I had a look at your build just now and I agree - the caoba garage matches great with your rich chocolate staining. Can I ask if you went caoba or caoba dawn ---- I don't know if there is a difference? I know in QLD, Plantation only have 2 timberlook colours... The light reddy timber colour, and the caoba.. Does it ever look red to you ever in contrast to your rich choc features? I don't know why but my colours consultant insisted caoba wouldn't match because it's too red?... Sigh I'm so confused, it looks like it matches quite well in your instance! Once I get my colour variations back I think I will follow in your footsteps and go with caoba instead of monument... Re: Does anyone know what colour this garage door is? 7Sep 28, 2014 8:18 pm Well Henley had 5 concept boards for exterior colors that they thought goes together. Mine had rich chocolate stain with timber look caoba so assuming they thought it looked good together! Reddy? More browny but I haven't paid too much attention to it although that color is absolutely popular in our estates. Sorry never heard of caoba dawn. Is that new? Second Build, this time with Carlisle 2016, can't wait! Beckham: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=67280 Canterbury: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81175 Re: Does anyone know what colour this garage door is? 8Sep 29, 2014 8:38 am Haha I think they're the same? Caoba Dawn is just the full colour name I think??? Thanks for your help, I'll get Caoba after colour variations come back - if it's too light or reddy, I've found some articles to stain and seal it anyway!! Re: Does anyone know what colour this garage door is? 9Nov 18, 2014 3:08 pm I came across this by searching Caoba. I just rang B & D and she said she didn't know what Caoba Dawn was. They only call it Caoba. I want something quite chocolate and a front door to match and I am having so much trouble with only the printed samples to go on. Has anyone used the Caoba in the Timbagrain? I had an old shower unit that broke on me and when I took it off, there were only 2 water pipes, instead of the normal 2 water pipes and a shower head pipe. 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