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Flake finish, reviewed August 2026

Slate Blue

Cool blue-grey chip on a deep base. Popular in newer builds with grey exteriors; shows less tire marking than a light blend.

Installed
$8-$15/sq ft
Family
Flake
Hides dirt
4/5

Drawn representation of the Slate Blue blend. Physical samples come to every site visit.

Best for

  • Newer builds with grey or black exteriors
  • Garages seen from the street with the door open
  • Home gyms
  • Feature basements with daylight

Hides dirt

Watch out for

The blue needs light to exist. In a dark garage under yellow fluorescent tubes, Slate Blue reads as a plain mid-grey and you have paid nothing extra but gained nothing either. Under daylight or neutral LED it is clearly blue.

A colour that behaves like a neutral

Most people who ask for a blue floor do not want a blue floor. They want a floor that is not grey, that suits a modern exterior, and that does not look like a decision when the garage door is open. Slate Blue is built for exactly that: at six feet the eye reads a cool deep grey, and only at close range does the blue chip resolve. That is a deliberate blend design, and it is why this has become one of our most requested colours in the newer subdivisions in West Kelowna, Lake Country and the Kelowna hillside builds.

Lighting decides how much blue you get

Colour temperature changes this blend more than any other flake we install. Under daylight through an open door, or under 4000K to 5000K LED, the blue is unmistakable and the floor has real character. Under the 3000K warm bulbs common in older attached garages, the blue is largely cancelled and you get a competent cool grey. Neither is wrong, but it is worth knowing which one you are buying, and it is the single best argument for laying a physical sample on your own slab under your own lights.

Practical performance

Slate Blue hides dirt about as well as Granite: four out of five rather than five, because the tonal range inside the blend is slightly narrower. Road grit and dust disappear into it. Tire marking shows a little more than on Domino, because the base is not quite dark enough to swallow it. In a working garage that is a marginal difference; in a showpiece garage that gets photographed, it is worth a conversation.

Slate Blue questions

Will a blue garage floor date badly?

A saturated blue would. Slate Blue is a cool grey with blue in it rather than a blue floor, which is exactly why we blend it that way, and it sits with grey, black, white and wood the same way a charcoal would. If you are worried about it, view the sample outdoors in daylight, which is the harshest test it will ever get.

Can you match the floor to my house colour?

Within the blends we stock, yes, and we bring physical samples to the site visit to do exactly that. Fully custom blends are possible on larger jobs where the chip volume justifies a special order, but on a single garage the minimum order quantities make it expensive for very little gain over the closest stock blend.

See Slate Blue on your slab

We bring physical samples to every site visit and lay them on your own floor under your own lighting, which tells you far more than any screen can.

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