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	Ombre	Vibration	Distressed	Hairline
Family	Coated	Polished	Patinated	Polished
How it looks	One tone fading into another across a panel — brass into bronze, gold into gun metal, warm into dark — graded by hand so that the transition has no step.	A non-directional swirled grain that scatters light.	A surface deliberately aged — mottled, darkened and worn back in places — so that new metal reads as if it has been in the building for decades.	A fine unidirectional grain.
Metals	Stainless steel, brass, aluminium	Stainless steel, brass	Brass, copper, mild steel	Stainless steel, brass, aluminium
Where it suits	Indoors	Indoors and outdoors	Indoors	Indoors and outdoors
Worth knowing	A gradient that runs across several panels is set out as one drawing and graded as one batch, so that it continues across the joints.	Hard to carry cleanly around a tight curve, so it suits flat and gently formed panels.	No two panels are the same, which is the point.	A scratch across the grain is visible from a distance.
Looking after it	Wipe with a soft damp cloth.	Wipe in any direction — there is no grain to respect, which is why it hides scuffs better than any other polished surface.	Wax or a clear coat holds the effect; dust it, and wipe with a damp cloth.	Wipe along the grain, never across it, with a mild detergent and a soft cloth.
Next step	Ask for a sample	Ask for a sample	Ask for a sample	Ask for a sample