Ready to explore coloured glass? Learn how Vanceva's coloured glass interlayers can enhance any setting.
For as long as people have been manufacturing glass, they've been looking for ways to make it decorative. From Roman jewellery to Renaissance church windows, glass has been a source of beauty as well as practicality.
Look around you and you'll see that nothing much has changed. Whether it's front doors with patterned glass or skyscrapers with coloured facades, glass is used to adorn and delight as much as it's used to look through.
The biggest difference between now and then is the way coloured glass is manufactured. Today's homeowners and business owners often buy glass that's a sort of colour sandwich. In other words, a coloured plastic layer is laminated between two outer sheets. The result is a pane of glass that's coloured evenly and thoroughly.
The beauty of this is that you can get more than one interlayer between the panes of glass, leading to fresh, attractive combinations of colours.
One producer of these interlayers is Vanceva. Its range gives you a choice of four interlayers which can be combined to create thousands of precise shades.
These shades can be as bright or as dark as you like. They can be frosted for privacy, dazzlingly clear or tinted with a shade that's bold, minimalist or flamboyant. The only limit is your imagination.
In this article, we explore the potential that Vanceva's colour palette can unlock – as well as some of its applications in domestic and commercial settings.
Whatever project you're working on, Vanceva can give you the splash of colour you need.
How does it work?
Vanceva's coloured interlayers come in four key colours: pink, blue, grey and yellow. Each of these comes in two "light transmissions", meaning a base palette of eight colours. From these, you can mix pretty much any shade under the sun.
Whether you're an architect, a designer, a glass fabricator or a homeowner, you get the chance to layer up different colours, creating literally thousands of colour combos.
You can combine up to four interlayers. These interlayers give your colour combination its unique identifying number. If you take one colour from the foundational palette, you might buy 0004, for instance. A two-layer combination, however, could be 0032, and so on.
Just looking at these codes gives you an idea of just how versatile this base palette is. There's no reason to settle for second best. Instead, you can get the colour that's just right for your project.
These interlayers are then laminated – sandwiched between two panes of glass. As well as supplying your building with colour, laminated glass is as tough as old boots. It's exceptionally hard to break. If you've ever seen a car windscreen with a "spider's web" breakage pattern, you'll have seen the impressive structural integrity of laminated glass.
Vanceva's coloured glass interlayers give you beauty and safety. They're also astonishingly versatile. It would be quicker to list the types of glazing they can't be used with – but here are some of the best.
Uses for coloured glass interlayers
In the office, Vanceva's coloured glass interlayers can be used to create vibrant, eye-catching partitions, conference rooms, signs and more. Whatever colours you choose, no visitor can deny that your office aesthetic packs a punch.
Private homes, hotels and even commercial buildings can install coloured curtain walls, balconies and skylights. These flood the space with coloured light – a feast for the eyes.
Last but not least, frosted and translucent interlayers can be used to enhance privacy. This can be used for shower rooms and bathroom windows, as well as privacy screens in hospitals and other medical settings.
Translucent and opaque options
In a way, the word "coloured" is misleading, if only because it implies block colours. But Vanceva's palette can be used to mix translucent options, too.
You can see this in action when you look at the different shades of white that are available. Vanceva lets you get the precise level of transparency that you want.
Far from being one-white-fits-all, you get, in the brand's own words, "the right white in every light". This can be your own creation or one of its three flagship tones: Cool White (81% visible light transmittance), Arctic Snow (68%) and Polar White (eight percent).
What are the advantages of coloured glass interlayers?
The most obvious advantage of investing in toughened glass with coloured glass interlayers is that, quite simply, they look fantastic.
They also unlock creative possibilities for designers, architects and homeowners – anyone with an eye for detail and a taste for striking designs.
Rather than relying on stock colours, let your imagination run riot as you mix foundational colours that meet your taste and project requirements.
That means total creative control over tone, intensity and transparency. Whether you want to go as bold as brass, elegantly minimal or somewhere in between, Vanceva's coloured glass interlayers have got you covered.
It's not just the colour composition that's versatile. It's also the sheer breadth of applications. We wouldn't be exaggerating if we said that any building, private or public, corporate or domestic, can be enhanced with some well-placed coloured glass.
But laminated glass is more than just an aesthetic asset. It's super-strong, meaning you can rest assured that your beautiful glazing isn't installed with any sacrifice in safety.
Finally, it's good for the thermal efficiency of your building – which in turn is good for the environment.
It's all thanks to the use of special pigments rather than dyes. These resist fading and maintain their colour regardless of heat or light exposure. What's more, the interlayers filter out almost all UV radiation – so your furnishing and fabrics won't fade so fast.
So, if you're looking for glazing that's beautiful, versatile, secure and thermally efficient, look no further. The only problem is just how much choice Vanceva gives you.
Are you looking for high-quality
coloured glass panels? Here at ToughGlaze, we supply high-quality laminated glass with Vanceva's full range of coloured interlayers.
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