Anodizing

Here is a photo showing typical anodized colors used in architecture.  From left to right: "Clear", "Gold", "Light Bronze" and "Black."  The highly poplular Dark Bronze isn't pictured above but rather is shown in the project below.

"Dark Bronze" is a sort of metallic brown color.  It refers to the color of aged bronze, which turns dark.  The project above is the Bethesda METRO  station in Bethesda, MD.

Here is another dark bronze anodized project.  This sculpture was installed outside the Natural Science Center in Greensboro, NC.

Example of a 2-step/Gold Overdye process.  The extrusion in the middle is a brown dye SAF did in the 1950's.  The two pieces on either side are contemporary parts we ran light bronze 2-step and then overdyed with FAO Gold dye.  These three pieces of aluminum were simply laid down in the parking lot of our Atlanta anodizing plant for this photo.

The studios of WCNC in Charlotte NC are clad with fabricated aluminum sheet that has been 215 clear anodized.

Handrails for Waste Water Treatment Plants are often clear anodized.

The Clark County Athens Regional Library storefront has a 2-step anodized coating that was subsequently dyed with a Lightfast Red dye to produce this burgundy color.

The parapet coping/cornice of the IRS Headquarters in Landrum, MD, is coated with a SAF215 Clear Anodized coating.