Iridescent Shingles
Iridescent ShinglesThe “Light Interference Color” finish on stainless steel creates a beyond belief, exquisitely beautiful, outer-worldly glow of an effect. For buildings demanding impact, this dazzling material is an imperative.
What is this magical substance? The mill states, “Light Interference Color (LIC) is an electrochemical process which thickens the naturally occurring chromium oxide on stainless steel. The clear oxide layer acts like a prism, refracting light and creating our various colors. Since the color is only perceived and it is light interference on the surface of the material, UV Light cannot affect the color. Installations more than 30 years old have not shown any change. LIC creates more artistic variable colors than the uniform static color of paint. Light conditions and viewing angles will have a varying effect on the perceived color.”
Shown in our images and the video below are several different colors. As described above, they are directional and change pigment / chromaticity / intensity / luminosity as you move around the tiles. We made these in our Beaver Tail Tiles to enhance the spellbinding effect. (Of course we can make any system you like out of this material.) What would you call them? Mermaid shingles? Unicorn shingles? Magical fish shingles? Dragon shingles? But they are so much more sophisticated that those monikers assume. We’ll call them iridescent shingles and hope you love them as much as we do!
Other colors and finishes are made through vapor deposition. Various nitrides are plasmatised to fuse with stainless steel. These tend to be more in the very shiny gold and copper tones. The options are many, so please give us every opportunity to provide you with the material that best suits your objectives.
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