Vermont Slate Colors

Semi-Weathering Gray-Green: Exceedingly strong and tough; also lowest in price of any slate. Grayish-Green in color when quarried. Some slate (10-25%) gradually change to soft tones of Buffs and Tans after exposure to the weather, adding variety and interest to the roof, but in no way affecting its durability. This slate blends well with any type of stone or frame structure and is also used as the basic percentage, usually 50%, in roofs where several colors are mixed.

Vermont Black: A grade-A rough-texture slate. Absolutely no disintegration. Primarily unfading but can experience some slight weathering.

Unfading Gray: A light Gray-Green Slate with some clouded grayer markings.

Unfading Mottled Green & Purple: A Vermont Slate of unusual color, ranging in soft shades of Purple and Green, from Purple predominating to Green predominating.

Semi-Weathering Gray (Light): Battleship gray color with some weathering to buff and tan.

Semi-Weathering Gray (Dark): Light to medium Charcoal Gray color with some weathering to buff and tan.

Royal Purple: A beautiful, nearly clear, Dark Purple slate. Some pieces my have small markings of green, but are predominately purple. Provides a contrasting roof for walls of light shades, or harmonizing for brick walls. Some weathering to buffs can occur.

Mottled Gray-Black: Grayish background with mottlings of various shades of darker Gray-black. Will experience some weathering.

Unfading Green: A Vermont favorite, this slate green with shades varying slightly to light gray.

Unfading Red: A hard-vein red slate similar in color to Spanish mission tile.

Unfading Clear Black: A superior quality 3/16" - 1/4" smooth texture black slate, the quality of Vermont slate, but produced in Spain.

 

Royal Purple	Unfading Mottled Green & Purple	Unfading Gray	Vermont Black	Unfading Green	Mottled Gray-Black	Semi-Weathering Gray-Green (Sea Green)

Semi-Weathering Gray (Light Shade)	Semi-Weathering Gray (Dark Shade)	Unfading Red	Unfading Clear Black

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