You can have a Mortex table in any colour you like. That is wonderful, but it is also a lot of choice. A few simple steps will quickly show you which colours really belong in your room.
4 min read · Updated 8 November 2026
Families in four strengths
Mortex is a beton ciré by Beal, and its colour chart holds 96 colours. They are grouped in families: from white, natural and sand to olive, terracotta, cacao and deep blue. Most families come in four strengths: Light, Mid, Strong and Intense. BM24 Sand Light, for example, is a soft, pale sand, and BM21 Sand Intense is the deepest version of the same shade.
That structure makes choosing easier than it looks. First pick a family that suits your interior, then decide how light or how deep you want it. Every colour costs the same: the price of your table depends on the shape, the size, the base and the edge, never on the colour.
Start from what stays
A table never stands on its own. Look first at what you are not going to change: the floor, the walls, the kitchen units and the chairs you already have or want. The colour of your table is the answer to all of those.
A wooden floor goes with almost anything. Sand, shitake and olive stay soft, while a deep shade such as BM57 Makala Intense adds contrast.
A pale stone or concrete floor calls for something warm or something with character, so the table does not disappear.
Wooden chairs look lovely with earthy tones such as cacao, brick or imperial. Black chairs give a crisper look next to a very light or a very deep table.
Torn between two directions? Decide first what role your table should play: should it blend into the room or become its centrepiece?
Blend in or stand out
A table in a colour close to your floor or walls feels calm and spacious. It looks lighter, and its shape speaks louder than its colour. That works well in a smaller dining room, or if there is already plenty of colour in your home.
A table in a clear colour becomes the heart of the room. A Finnish oval in BM37 Vesuvio Intense in a brick loft, or a round table in BM42 Olive Strong in a bright dining room: here the table sets the mood. How to build a calm whole around it is also covered in A japandi dining table: calm at the table.
You want
Look at
Calm and light
White, natural, sand and shitake in Light or Mid
Warmth
Cacao, camel, brick and imperial
Nature
Olive, sage and welsh
Depth and contrast
Makala, pinctada and oltra marine in Strong or Intense
The light in your room
The same colour looks different in every room. A room with lots of north light makes colours cooler and a little greyer. Sunlight from the south or west makes them warmer. In the evening, under a lamp, most shades become deeper.
Mortex is matt and applied by hand, with subtle nuances and slight differences in texture. The light plays across the top, and you only really see that in your own space. A colour that looks flat on a screen gains depth on a table.
Choose from a real sample
A screen or a photo never shows colours quite as they are. That is why we send real Mortex samples to your home. You choose up to five colours: a set of 3 samples costs €59, a set of 5 samples €79. If you then order a table, coffee table or mirror, we deduct that amount. You can order them from our colour samples page.
How to get the most out of your samples:
Lay them flat where your table will stand, just as the top will lie.
Look at them during the day and in the evening, in the light you actually use.
Hold them next to your floor, a chair and your kitchen.
Take your time: leave them out for a few days.
And then
Once you have your colour, you choose the shape and the size. If you would first like to know exactly what Mortex is, read What is Mortex? Or browse every shape among our tables. After your quote, we make the technical drawing for free, in the colour you chose.
A table in your shape, size and colour? After your quote, we draw it up for free.
