Measured colour · per model
L* 54.5–61.1measured from the physical plank · locked reference
The on-screen value identifies the record; the physical plank remains the material reference.
60.17° N · 24.94° E · Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki1994-05
A muted, ashy greige — it makes space for the room.
Outcomewhat you're solvingAtmospherethe feelingWorldthe collectionModelthis floorEvidencereal projectsExecutionspecs & install
A near-neutral with quiet authority — cool-ashy or faintly warm by the light.
THE FLOOR · SEEN UP CLOSE
The tones in this floor
Sampled from the real plank — light boards to dark, as you would lay them. Six tones, not one square.
L* 54.5–61.1
Locked colour · measured
L 54.5–61.1
Tonal range
Cool-neutral
Undertone
16
Physical scans behind it
SEE IT AT 1:1The grain and the joint, at the plank’s own scale
Original pixels — 3.91 per millimetre. Nothing enlarged, nothing retouched. The rule is printed at the plank’s own scale, so you can measure it yourself.
Move the light — the plank is measured and locked; only the light changes.
THE COLOURConcrete greyGrey stone
WHAT THIS FLOOR ACTUALLY IS
- Handles everyday spills — kitchens and dry interiors, detailed correctly
- Water-resistant for everyday use. Not a waterproofing system. Not a flood-proof claim.
- Warm underfoot — ready for underfloor heating
- Works over underfloor heating. The planks lock to each other with a glueless click and float over the base — a fast, clean install with no adhesive, in many cases straight over an existing floor, and a single plank can be lifted and replaced later.
- Made for daily life — chairs, shoes, pets
- A hard-wearing commercial-grade surface.
- Real long planks — a calmer, continuous floor
- Full 1.83 m boards with a fine four-sided micro-bevel — our declared joint.
- Ultra-matte — reads as real floor, never plastic
- A soft matte surface with no shine.
Good to know Think twice if you want warmth or character — this is a very muted, neutral ground.
A starting palette · one floor, five companions
A cool ashy floor wants a cool clean field. Micro-concrete layers it; warm it with a wood accent — never with the wall.
HelsinkiCool whitePale stoneMicro-concreteBlack iron
Helsinki floor · Cool white · Pale stone · Micro-concrete · Black iron
HELSINKI 1994-05 · THE WORLD
Helsinki is quiet northern modernism.
Birch, stone, white-painted surfaces and low blue-grey light that asks the floor to behave as a neutral architectural ground.
The light
Helsinki light is scarce, cool and often blue-grey, especially in winter. Interiors here gather light rather than dramatise it: matte planes, pale timber and gentle shadow depth. The floor holds this light evenly, without flash or glaze.
The materials beside it
Birch, pine, granite, white-painted timber, pale plaster, muted copper, lake-grey, dusty blue and restrained sage. Stone notes stay mineral and dry. Colour stays desaturated so the room reads as one calm northern field.
Why this floor belongs
Helsinki 1994-05 belongs because its near-neutral greige-taupe can hold scarce northern light without competing for attention. It works as the quiet horizontal under birch, granite and pale plaster, letting the architecture speak through proportion and tone rather than contrast. The point is a settled, humane modernist base where the floor behaves like infrastructure for light.
The floor under this world stays the real one: Helsinki 1994-05, colour measured from the physical plank — the world is read through the model.
HELSINKI 1994-05 · PROOF CENTER
One model. One proof center.
The measured colour, construction sections, printable specification and evidence standing — together, without turning a family report into a model-specific claim.
Construction sections
Ultra-matte surface0.55 mm wear layer · declaredDécor layerRigid ESPC core · LVT / SPC / LVTIXPE pad
Files · ready to use
Evidence standing
- Measured colour
- On file · per model
- Technical reports
- On request · Deep Sea product-family scope
- Model- or batch-specific lab report
- Not claimed
- Current-range declaration
- In preparation
FOR ARCHITECTS · THE MEASURED SIGNATURE
- Colour calibration
- Instrument-measured · not judged by eye
- Fidelity
- Locked to the physical model · unretouched
- Tonal range
- Preserved in full — light to dark
- Temperature
- position 2 of 18 · coolest to warmest · from b*
- Lightness
- position 9 of 18 · darkest to lightest · from L*
- Saturation
- position 2 of 18 · most muted to richest · from C*ab
- Construction
- Engineered ESPC rigid-core
- Documents
- Measured colour reference on request
The three positions are derived from the locked colour of all 18 models — b*, L* and C*ab of the instrument reading. They place this floor in the collection; they are not a rating.
Measured, again and again — the readings converge on one.
Specification clause · ready to paste
CARETTA Helsinki (1994-05) — engineered ESPC rigid-core flooring, 1830 × 230 mm. Rigid core, décor layer and wear layer; ultra-matte surface with a four-sided micro-bevel. Floating click installation. Declared values: 7.0 mm overall, 0.55 mm wear layer, underfloor-heating compatible. Water-resistant rigid core for everyday use; the installed floor is not a waterproofing system. Measured colour reference issued to specifiers on request.
BEFORE YOU ASK · WHAT A QUOTE HERE MEANS
A quote is a plan, not a number in the air.
What it includes
A quote is itemised line by line — boards for your area, edge and threshold profiles, and anything else the job needs. Nothing bundled, nothing assumed.
How it arrives
Send the rooms and their approximate area — by form or WhatsApp. A person, not an autoresponder, replies personally with the itemised quote.
Why no public price list
A floor is priced from its specification: the model, the area, the condition of the existing base and the finishing details. A number published before those are known would be a guess — we don’t guess. Asking costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
HELSINKI 1994-05 · 60.17° N · 24.94° E
A floor doesn't have to say anything to be right.
A deeply muted, cool ashy greige that asks for nothing and holds everything. It takes the light's temperature and lets the room be the room.
Plenty of floors make a statement. This one makes space for yours.
Warm white · pale granite · birch · black steel
A person replies — never an autoresponder
