The new color palette is intended for all stakeholders involved in renovation or construction projects — including building contractors, architects, urban planners, property owners, building managers, and shopkeepers.
It is presented through seven guides, each corresponding to a specific architectural typology representative of major periods in the city’s urban development.

Since every façade is unique, each guide outlines the defining features of the façades, offers period-specific recommendations, and explains how to select materials and combine colors in ways that preserve and enhance architectural character while ensuring integration with the surrounding environment.

Nacarat Color Design’s Missions:

• Preliminary diagnostic and development of new palettes by building typology
• Creation of a set of tools for the urban planning department, professionals, and local residents
• Graphic design of the guides, fan decks, and educational display panels for the SDAP (Department of Architecture and Heritage)
• Training of urban planning officers

 

Link to the Color and material guides for facades of the city of Toulouse.

The multi-year color consulting mission entrusted to us focuses on enhancing the exterior treatment of buildings — improving their visual quality, coherence across structures, integration into the site, and long-term durability of the work carried out.
This mission covers over 200 operations per year, including development zones (ZACs), and involves social housing providers, private developers, municipalities, and other stakeholders.

The tool includes a color chart with 29 refence colors, a complementary color guide for creating soothing atmospheres in accordance with the space and desired effect, a panorama reviewing complementary colors, 15 materials plates coordinated with the reference colors, technical specifications for each material. This reference system makes choosing beautiful and functional color combinations easy.