Cement Selector - See what your brick or stone looks like with Spectrum Colored Cements*

Notable Projects  Spectrum Colored Cement Color Chart

Spectrum Colored cements and mortar is a great opportunity to add another design dimension to your project. Use Spectrum custom colored cements to give your home, office, building, church, or school that extra edge people will always notice.

Why leave up to 20% of your project’s exterior colorless when you have specified every other dtail? That is exactly what happens when you use ordinary gray mortar. Wouldn’t you rather choose from over 22 rich and luxurious Spectrum custom colored masonry cements or Portland & Lime cements?

Dramatic or subtle – Spectrum has the perfect cement to contrast, match or compliment any building medium: brick, stone, marble, concrete, tile, or glass block.

In addition to the lavish selection of colors found on this site, Spectrum can also custom blend (A) colored cements to your precise specifications. (B) A sample of hardened mortars will be produced using job or land sand, to match the colors samples you provide.  Your approval is all that is necessary to have Spectrum produce and ship the finished product. Our custom colored cements give you the color you want at a price you can afford.


Note: ( 2 ) Conforms to ASTM C-91 and ( 1 ) Conforms to ASTM C-270

Custom blending may make sense when it is economically feasible to do so and if the time required for custom blending does not delay work.

Custom Blended Colored Cements are available in the following specifications: ASTM C-270 Type M, S, N or O (Portland & Lime Cements), ASTM C-91 Type M, S, N or O (Masonry Cements) and ASTM C-150 Type 1 (Portland Cements)


Spectrum Standard Colored Cements & Mortar Product Information

Product Information:
Spectrum Cements are perfect for complimenting any building medium: brick, stone, marble, concrete masonry units, tile or glass block. Our plant is located near Austin, Texas. This central location, and the subsequent savings in freight and the shorter delivery time, enable us to sell Custom Colored products at an affordable price. These freight savings are especially beneficial to our customers throughout the south. Our blending process utilizes state of the art computerized weighing, blending and packaging systems. This, along with the manual checks that we perform, insures a quality color match from one lot of cement to the next. The color consistency of our product is superior when compared to a field-mixed color. The quality of our cement is attested to by our satisfied customers who have laid millions of square feet of brick, block, and stone with these products.

Custom Blending Capability:
In addition to the standard colors displayed in this brochure, Spectrum can custom blend colored mortar to meet your specifications. A sample of the hardened mortar will be produced to match the color sample you provide. These sample strips are designed in such a way that you can place them between two masonry units to simulate the mortar joint.* Upon your approval, and receipt of your order, we will proceed with the productions of the product you have specified. This process is for specially blended colors; order for our standard colored products are usually shipped upon receipt of the order.

Spectrum Custom Colored Portland & Lime Mortar Mixes:
Spectrum pre-mixed Portland Cement and Hydrated Lime mortar mixes are very popular due to the exceptional quality and workability that they offer. These mixes also provide excellent bonding to brick to brick and block to block, with only a very small amount of shrinkage occurring in the joints. We can also add integral waterproofing or other additives to suit your particular needs.

Spectrum Type 1 Custom Colored Portland Cement:
Spectrum routinely supplies colored Portland cement, in 94lb bags, to customers throughout the south. We have recently expanded our capability to include bulk production of colored Portland cements. Specifically we can blend any of the following components together and provide them to you in bulk or bag fashion: Gray Portland Cement, White Portland Cement, Lime, Masonry Cements, and dry pigments. Please call for details.

Spectrum Colored Cement PDF Booklet

Spectrum Colored Cement Product Info

Spectrum Colored Cement Notable Projects

Spectrum Mortar Sample Wall

MSD SHEET for: Spectrum Colored Masonry Cement & Colored Portland & Lime Mortar Mix. Portland & Lime, Mortar Mix & Concentrated Mortar Cement (Both Gray & White)

Submittal letters for Spectrum Cement
  Portland&LimeMortar_TypeN.pdf
  Portland&LimeMortar_TypeS.pdf
  SpectrumMasonryCement_TypeN.pdf
  SpectrumMasonryCement_TypeS.pdf

*Colors shown are intended to represent approximate color only. We suggest that a job site sample panel be erected with the chosen colored cement and masonry sand to be used in the construction for a more accurate representation of the actual mortar color laid with your chosen brick, block, or stone.