# Resin Driveway Colours: Every Blend, and What Each One Costs

> The resin driveway colours UK installers actually offer, grouped by family, with the published cost difference between standard aggregates and bespoke blends.

Source: https://resindrivewayprices.co.uk/colours/

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There are around 48 blends in general UK circulation. Colour is also one of the few choices on a resin driveway that genuinely moves the price — here is which way, and by how much.

Resin bound driveways get their colour from the aggregate, not from a dye. The resin is clear; what you see is the stone. That matters for cost, because stone is bought by the tonne and some blends cost considerably more than others.

## What colour does to the price

MyBuilder puts the premium for bespoke blends, recycled glass and marble aggregates at 30 to 50 per cent on material costs, against standard aggregates such as golden quartz or silver granite. On a 50m² drive, where materials run roughly £2,000 to £3,500 on the published rates, that is a few hundred pounds — real money, but rarely the line that decides the quote.

## Choosing a colour without regretting it

### Look at it against your own brickwork, in daylight

DALTEX recommends holding a sample against the exterior of the house and looking at it through the day. Resin bound is a 15 to 20 year surface; a sample seen once under a showroom light is not enough to commit to.

### Light colours need more cleaning

The manufacturer is blunt about it: a lighter driveway needs more regular cleaning to keep its impact, in the same way white walls indoors do. Whites, creams and pale beiges show tyre marks and organic staining first.

### Black is usually better as a border

Black blends are most often used as an accent to frame another colour rather than laid across a whole drive, and they work particularly well against creams, whites and silvers.

### UV stability is a colour question too

Checkatrade notes that non-UV-stable resin discolours, and that anything left standing on it — a bin, a plant pot — leaves a mark round the edges. It also puts UV-stable resin at close to twice the price. That choice affects how your colour looks in five years more than the blend does.

## Resin driveway colours

### Gold and yellow

The most common choice on UK drives. Warm, forgiving of dust and leaf litter, and it sits comfortably against red or buff brickwork.

- **Golden Quartz** — A single-colour warm gold rather than a blend. `/colours/golden-quartz/`

- **Harvest Gold** — Golden brown, autumnal, with visible variation in the stone. `/colours/harvest-gold/`

- **Springtime** — Golden, white, brown and red stone mixed together. `/colours/springtime/`

- **Sunlight** — Bright rich gold lifted with soft beige. `/colours/sunlight/`

- **Dune** — Soft, sandy, low-contrast gold. `/colours/dune/`

- **Cappuccino** — Warm coffee browns through to light gold. `/colours/cappuccino/`

- **Cornfield** — Pale straw gold with gentle variation. `/colours/cornfield/`

### Silver and grey

The contemporary default. Reads cool and clean against render, grey brick and modern glazing, and contrasts hard against traditional red brick.

- **Slate Grey** — Even mid-grey with slate character. `/colours/slate-grey/`

- **Gunmetal Grey** — Dark grey with a metallic cast. `/colours/gunmetal-grey/`

- **Steel Blue** — Cool grey carrying a blue note. `/colours/steel-blue/`

- **Titan Silver** — Bright silver with sparkle. `/colours/titan-silver/`

### Cream, white and beige

The brightest option and the highest maintenance. Excellent on south-facing frontages, unforgiving of tyre marks and overhanging trees.

- **Morning Mist** — Soft grey-cream, low contrast. `/colours/morning-mist/`

- **Seashore** — Cream and shell tones with mixed stone. `/colours/seashore/`

- **Oyster** — Warm off-white with a hint of ivory. `/colours/oyster/`

- **Glacier** — Clean bright white. `/colours/glacier/`

### Red and russet

Traditional and high-impact. Works with stone and older brick, and is the family most often used for patterns, borders and lettering.

- **Merlot** — Deep, rich, single-colour red. `/colours/merlot/`

- **Sorrento** — Warm red with contrasting flecks. `/colours/sorrento/`

- **Carnival** — Red with strong multi-colour contrast. `/colours/carnival/`

- **Rose Garden** — Soft red shading toward pink. `/colours/rose-garden/`

### Black and charcoal

Modern and severe. More often a border or an accent than a whole driveway, though it does work as one.

- **Onyx** — Flat, even black. `/colours/onyx/`

- **Polaris** — Black base with light stone through it. `/colours/polaris/`

- **Eclipse** — Black with silver and grey. `/colours/eclipse/`

### Pink and blush

The quiet outlier. Subtle at a distance, distinctive close up, and it suits period brick better than most people expect.

- **Brindle** — Muted pink-brown with mixed stone. `/colours/brindle/`

- **Pink Opal** — Clear pink with light stone. `/colours/pink-opal/`

- **Champagne Pink** — Very pale pink with warm cream. `/colours/champagne-pink/`

Colour names follow DALTEX: Resin Bound Gravel Colours Guide — https://resinbondedaggregates.com/blog/resin-bound-colours-guide