A. Architectural Coatings
1. Acrylic modified water based paints: Highly crosslinking interior and exterior water based paints. Over 5,000 color shades are available. Our tinting unit is not confined to specific brand shades ; custom-made colors are also available.
2. Nitex Exterior Texture paints:
2.1. Nitex Contxtra:
Highly elastcic with optimum mechanical strength and outstanding adhesion on concrete surfaces. We are the first local manufacturers of Contxtra paint in Ethiopia(starting from 2016).
2.2. Nitex Fine Quartz
The fine quartz application of three steps. The first step is undercoat fine quartz application to be followed by two successive water resistant paint application.
2.3. Nitex Superfine
This is our new product of the year 2024. Usually, only two steps are required. No need of any white/gray putty application. No need of any spray application which requires electric power. Nitex Superfine can be applied directly on the concrete after minor surface preparation. Currently Nita Color Center is applying Nitex Superfine in many of the projects at hand.
2.4. Nitex Crack filler
This product is highly elastic and water resistant. Being water resistant, it can be used both for interior and exterior use.
B. Art Paints
We are also pioneers and also the sole local manufacturer of Art paints since 2004. Our Art paint category includes:
1. Artist Oil paints
We manufacture high quality artist oil paint with excellent durability. Pigments are selected as per internationally accepted standard regarding smdurability and health issues.
2. Artist Acrylic paints
We also manufacture artist grade acrylic paints with a fast drying property. Being water based, acrylic art paints are safe and environmentally friendly.
Acrylic modified water base paints: Points of differences
Acrylic modified binder system
Nita Color center uses self cross linking and convertible acrylics to modify the water resistance of dry paint films. Most conventional paints incorporate only PVA (poly vinyl acetate) copolymer as the principal binder. Paints based on PVA type binders are non - self cross linking and hence do have inferior water permeability resistance.
Very limited use of tinting pastes
Uncontrolled use of tinters dose in the paint recipe is one of the reasons for the early failure of paint film due to water and ultra violet rays. Nita color center encourages the use of direct dry pigment to match the shade of colors. If tinting pastes are to be used the amount should be as small as possible. However it is to be noted that shade variations can be achieved even without adding any colorants by varying the other attributes of color other than hue.
Easy color selection
Nita color Center has been engaged in the study of the color preference test of some of the targeted customers (over 500) of Addis Ababa for the past 10 years. The main objective of the research was to scientifically discover the native color taste of the customers instead of forcing them to accept the imported shades of foreign companies. Based on this, the center has launched a new color schemes categorized under various interior spaces.
|
No |
Color Codes |
Recommended |
|
1 |
100-200 |
Living rooms, dining spaces ,family rooms |
|
2 |
205-300 |
Hall ways/ corridors |
|
3 |
305-400 |
Master bed rooms |
|
4 |
405-500 |
Boys room |
|
5 |
505-600 |
Girls room |
|
6 |
605-700 |
Guest room |
The recommended colors fit best buildings intended for rent and real state houses ready for sale as Nita color Center has found out that the colors are the most loved shades by the potential clients. However, the Center has other wide custom made color options for residential and commercial buildings. Some buildings intended for defined services such as hospitals, schools and industry require a close up color shade decision aided by the recent developments in color psychology and environmental sciences.
Introducing the notion of Color Trend and dynamism
Nita Color center believes that the color shift trend in Ethiopian architectural color shades is too static and sometimes prevailing for over 30 years. Here one can mention the famous broken white color 117, which has controlled the interior spaces of Ethiopian architecture for the past 35 years.
If any color shift is made, it simply revolves around the off white creams. Why? Is it because the paint industries can no more provide other options for the market or our society is color-phobic! This might cal for another research.
The very static nature of Ethiopian architectural colors has motivated Nita Color Center to bring an end for the reign of a single shade over years. Chromatic study of color and vision disclose that there are about 17 million color shades out of which one with the normal sight can discriminate 10 millions. Out of this about 4,000 colors are in use in the architecture for the past thousands of years.
Hence Nita Color Center has a plan to shift the shades of the center’s shades of architectural colors every six years based on the feedback from the public and other social political and cultural influences.
