Englert Color Options For Series 1300 And Series 2000 Standing Seam Roofs
- Feb 10
- 12 min read
Your roof is one of the first things people notice about your home. The right color can make your house stand out in the best way possible—whether you're driving through Coral Gables, walking down a tree-lined street in Pinecrest, or cruising past waterfront properties in Miami Beach. But choosing a metal roof color isn't just about picking your favorite shade. It's about finding the perfect balance between style, energy efficiency, neighborhood fit, and long-term value.
Zen Metal Roofs specializes in standing seam metal roof installation in Miami using premium Englert Series 1300 and 2000 panels, which come in an incredible range of colors and finishes. From classic neutrals that blend beautifully with any architectural style to bold custom colors that make a statement, Englert's in-house paint line gives Miami homeowners endless design possibilities—all backed by industry-leading warranties and proven durability.
In this guide, you'll discover how Englert's color options work, what finishes perform best in South Florida's intense sun and salt air, and how Zen Metal Roofs helps homeowners choose the perfect color to enhance curb appeal and protect their investment for decades.
Why Color Choice Matters for Your Miami Metal Roof
Choosing a metal roof color might seem like a simple aesthetic decision, but it actually affects several important aspects of your home's performance, value, and visual impact.
Curb Appeal and Resale Value
Your roof covers a huge portion of your home's exterior—often 40 percent or more of what people see when they look at your house. A thoughtfully chosen roof color can elevate your home's entire appearance, making it look more modern, cohesive, and well-maintained. On the flip side, a color that clashes with your siding, trim, or neighborhood aesthetic can detract from your home's beauty and potentially hurt resale value.
Real estate experts consistently note that homes with high curb appeal sell faster and for higher prices than comparable homes that look dated or mismatched. A beautiful standing seam metal roof in the right color is one of the most visible upgrades you can make, often becoming a selling point that attracts buyers and justifies premium pricing.
HOA Compliance and Neighborhood Harmony
Many Miami neighborhoods—especially gated communities in areas like Doral, Weston, Aventura, and Palmetto Bay—have strict HOA guidelines that regulate roof colors, finishes, and even gloss levels. Before you fall in love with a bold color, it's critical to check your HOA's architectural review requirements to make sure your choice will be approved.
Zen Metal Roofs has years of experience working with HOAs throughout Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties, helping homeowners navigate approval processes and select colors that meet community standards while still reflecting personal style. Co-founder Eduardo Garcia knows how to present roof proposals in a way that gets HOA approvals quickly, saving homeowners time and frustration.
Energy Efficiency and Heat Reflection
Not all roof colors perform the same way in Miami's blazing sun. Lighter colors—whites, light grays, beiges, and cool-toned metallics—reflect more solar radiation and absorb less heat than darker colors like charcoal, dark brown, or black. This difference can have a real impact on your attic temperature and cooling costs, especially during the brutal summer months when air conditioning runs nearly nonstop.
Englert's cool-roof finishes are specially engineered to maximize solar reflectivity regardless of color, so even darker shades can perform better than traditional painted metal or asphalt shingles. For homeowners serious about energy efficiency, choosing a lighter color with a cool-roof coating delivers the best thermal performance and can qualify for ENERGY STAR compliance and potential insurance discounts.
Understanding Englert's Coating Systems and Finish Options
Before diving into specific colors, it's important to understand what makes Englert's coatings special—and why the coating system matters just as much as the color itself.
Kynar 500 / Hylar 5000 Premium Finishes
Englert's top-tier coating system uses Kynar 500 or Hylar 5000 fluoropolymer resins, which are recognized as the most durable and longest-lasting architectural coatings available for metal roofing. These coatings are engineered to resist fading, chalking, chipping, cracking, and peeling even after decades of exposure to intense UV radiation, salt air, and temperature swings.
Key benefits:
35-year limited warranty: The longest finish warranty available in the metal roofing industry, covering color retention and coating integrity.
Superior UV resistance: Fluoropolymer resins don't break down under sunlight the way cheaper polyester or acrylic coatings do, meaning your roof looks vibrant and fresh year after year.
Chemical and salt resistance: Kynar and Hylar coatings resist damage from acid rain, salt spray, and airborne pollutants—crucial in Miami's coastal environment.
Self-cleaning properties: The smooth, hard surface sheds dirt and organic matter more easily than rougher coatings, so your roof washes clean with rain and requires less maintenance.
For more details on how these coatings protect your roof, check out our complete guide to Galvalume steel and premium coatings.
PermaColor 3500 and PermaMetallic 2000
Within Englert's Kynar/Hylar coating family, there are specialty lines designed for different aesthetic effects:
PermaColor 3500: Standard solid colors with a 35-year warranty on steel or aluminum substrates, available in matte (low-gloss) or standard finishes. This is the most popular choice for residential standing seam roofs because it delivers exceptional durability with a wide color palette.
PermaMetallic 2000: Metallic finishes that create visual depth and unique color effects, backed by a 20-year warranty. These finishes are ideal for homeowners who want something a little different from standard solid colors—think shimmering bronze, pewter, or copper-tone metallics.
Cool-Roof and ENERGY STAR Compliant Colors
Englert offers a range of cool-roof finishes that meet ENERGY STAR reflectivity and emissivity standards, helping homeowners reduce cooling costs and potentially qualify for energy-efficiency incentives. Cool-roof coatings use special pigments that reflect more infrared radiation (heat) while maintaining the visible color you want, so you can have a darker color that still performs more like a light-colored roof.
If energy efficiency is a priority—and it should be in Miami—ask Zen Metal Roofs about Englert's cool-roof color options when planning your project.
Englert's Standard Color Palette for Standing Seam Roofs
Englert's in-house continuous coil coating line allows the company to offer a massive selection of pre-formulated standard colors across multiple finish families. While the exact palette varies by coating system and substrate (steel or aluminum), homeowners can typically choose from:
Neutrals and Earth Tones
These are the most popular choices for residential metal roofs because they complement nearly any architectural style, siding color, or landscaping:
Whites and off-whites: Polar white, bone white, pearl, ivory—classic choices that maximize solar reflectivity and work beautifully with coastal contemporary and Mediterranean homes.
Grays: Charcoal, slate gray, pewter, light gray, dove gray—versatile neutrals that pair well with brick, stone, stucco, and modern siding.
Beiges and tans: Sand, desert tan, bronze, cream—warm earth tones that blend naturally with South Florida's tropical landscape and traditional architectural styles.
Browns: Light brown, medium brown, dark brown, copper-tone brown—rich colors that evoke natural materials and work well with wood accents and rustic designs.
Bold and Accent Colors
For homeowners who want their roof to make a statement or match specific design elements:
Blues: Sky blue, slate blue, navy—popular in coastal areas and modern designs, evoking ocean and sky.
Greens: Forest green, sage green, patina green—natural choices that blend with lush landscaping and tropical surroundings.
Reds and terracottas: Barn red, brick red, terracotta—traditional colors that complement Spanish tile-style architecture and Mediterranean homes.
Blacks: True black, charcoal black—dramatic, high-contrast choices for ultra-modern or industrial-style homes (though note that darker colors absorb more heat unless paired with cool-roof coatings).
Gloss Levels: Matte vs. Standard Finishes
Englert offers both low-gloss matte finishes and standard gloss finishes.
Low-gloss matte: Subtle, non-reflective finish that creates a sophisticated, understated look—perfect for residential homes where you want the roof to blend rather than shine. Matte finishes tend to hide minor imperfections and scratches better than glossy finishes.
Standard gloss: Slight sheen that enhances color vibrancy and gives the roof a crisp, polished appearance. Standard finishes are often used on commercial buildings but work well on residential projects where a cleaner, brighter look is desired.
Most Miami homeowners choose low-gloss matte finishes for standing seam roofs because they deliver a high-end, modern aesthetic without the visual "flash" of glossy metal.
To explore Englert's full color card and see finish samples, visit Englert's website or ask Zen Metal Roofs to bring samples to your home for an in-person color consultation.
Custom Color Matching for Unique Design Needs
One of Englert's biggest advantages over competitors is the company's in-house paint line, which gives them the flexibility to create custom colors quickly and affordably.
How Custom Color Matching Works
If none of Englert's hundreds of standard colors are quite right for your home, Englert can match virtually any color sample you provide—brick, stucco, wood siding, fabric, paint chips, or even photographs. The process is straightforward:
Provide a physical sample: Bring a small piece of the material you want to match (a brick, a paint chip, a fabric swatch) or a high-quality photo.
Color analysis: Englert's coating team uses spectrophotometry and visual evaluation to formulate a paint that matches your sample as closely as possible.
Sample approval: Englert produces a painted metal sample for your review and approval before committing to the full production run.
Production: Once approved, your custom color is applied to the coil and delivered to Zen Metal Roofs for installation on your project.
Low Minimums and Fast Lead Times
Unlike many coating companies that require massive minimum orders for custom colors, Englert's in-house line can produce custom colors in quantities as low as 5,000 pounds on steel or aluminum—often enough for a single large residential roof or a couple of smaller projects. Lead times for custom colors are typically measured in weeks, not months, so you won't experience long delays waiting for your unique color to arrive.
This flexibility makes Englert an ideal choice for homeowners with very specific design goals, strict HOA color requirements, or historic preservation mandates.
Series 1300 vs. Series 2000: Does Panel Profile Affect Color Choice?
Both Englert's Series 1300 and Series 2000 standing seam panels are available in the same color options and coating systems, so your choice of panel profile doesn't limit your color palette. However, the panel profile can influence how the color looks on your roof because of differences in rib height, shadow lines, and surface geometry.
Series 1300: 1.5-Inch Mechanically Seamed Panels
The Series 1300 has a 1.5-inch tall rib and a mechanically seamed connection, creating a relatively low-profile, clean-lined appearance. The shorter rib height means less shadow and visual texture, so colors tend to look flatter and more uniform—a good choice if you want a sleek, understated roof where the color takes center stage without dramatic shadow lines.
Series 1300 is Zen's go-to panel for many single-family residential projects where homeowners want modern aesthetics with proven durability.
Series 2000: 1.75-Inch Snap-Lock Panels
The Series 2000 has a taller 1.75-inch rib and a snap-lock seam, creating more pronounced vertical lines and shadow effects. The increased rib height adds visual depth and texture, which can make colors appear slightly darker or more dimensional because of the shadows cast by the taller seams—especially when viewed at an angle or in certain lighting conditions.
Series 2000 is often chosen for larger residential roofs, commercial applications, or homes where the architectural style benefits from a more structural, bold roof profile.
For more details on how Zen selects the right panel system for your home, read our complete guide to Englert standing seam systems.
Popular Color Choices for Miami and South Florida Homes
Different architectural styles naturally pair with certain color palettes. Here's how Miami homeowners typically match roof colors to their home's design:
Coastal Contemporary Homes
Modern coastal homes with clean lines, large windows, and light-colored exteriors look stunning with:
Light grays and whites: Polar white, light gray, or dove gray create a fresh, airy look that complements white or pastel siding.
Soft blues: Sky blue or slate blue echo the ocean and sky, reinforcing the coastal vibe.
Cool metallics: Pewter or silver metallics add a touch of sophistication without overwhelming the clean, minimalist design.
These colors maximize solar reflectivity, keeping attics cooler and enhancing energy efficiency—important for beachfront homes with lots of sun exposure.
Mediterranean and Spanish-Style Architecture
Homes with stucco exteriors, terracotta accents, arched windows, and tile-inspired details pair beautifully with:
Warm earth tones: Bronze, tan, terracotta, or copper-tone browns harmonize with traditional Spanish and Mediterranean palettes.
Deep reds: Barn red or brick red mimic the look of clay tile roofs while delivering the durability and wind resistance of metal.
Warm grays and beiges: Sand, cream, or warm gray work well with neutral stucco and stone accents.
These colors feel timeless and elegant, reinforcing the classic Mediterranean aesthetic that's so popular in Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, and other established Miami neighborhoods.
Modern Minimalist and Mid-Century Designs
Sleek, angular homes with bold geometric lines and contemporary finishes look striking with:
Charcoal and true black: High-contrast dark colors create dramatic visual impact and emphasize clean lines (pair with cool-roof coatings to maintain energy efficiency).
Slate gray and pewter: Sophisticated neutrals that feel modern without being too stark.
Metallic finishes: PermaMetallic colors in bronze, copper, or pewter add depth and visual interest to minimalist designs.
Dark colors work especially well on homes with lighter-colored siding, creating bold contrast and making architectural details pop.
How to Choose the Right Metal Roof Color for Your Home
With so many options, how do you narrow down your choices and pick the perfect color? Here's Zen Metal Roofs' step-by-step approach to color selection:
Consider Your Home's Architectural Style
Start by identifying your home's architectural style and the color palette that traditionally complements it. Mediterranean homes tend toward warm earth tones, coastal contemporary homes lean toward cool neutrals and blues, and modern homes can handle bolder contrasts. Let your home's existing design guide your color direction rather than fighting against it.
Evaluate Your Siding, Trim, and Exterior Colors
Your roof color should harmonize with—not clash with—your siding, trim, garage door, shutters, and other exterior elements. Bring paint chips, siding samples, or photos of your home when meeting with Zen Metal Roofs so the team can help you visualize how different roof colors will coordinate with your existing palette.
Check HOA Guidelines and Neighborhood Context
Before you fall in love with a color, review your HOA's architectural guidelines (if applicable) and take a walk through your neighborhood to see what colors are common and what might stand out (in a good or bad way). If your HOA requires pre-approval for roof color, Zen Metal Roofs can help prepare the submission and provide manufacturer specs to streamline the approval process.
Think About Heat Reflectivity and Energy Goals
If reducing cooling costs is a priority, lean toward lighter colors or Englert's cool-roof finishes that maximize solar reflectivity. Ask Zen to show you cool-roof options and explain the potential energy savings based on your home's size, orientation, and insulation. For more on how coatings affect energy performance, read our guide to Galvalume steel and premium coatings.
Use Color Visualizers and Physical Samples
Englert offers digital color visualizer tools that let you see how different colors look on various architectural styles. Zen Metal Roofs can also bring physical metal samples to your home so you can see how the color looks in real sunlight, against your existing siding, and at different times of day. This step is critical because colors can look very different on a small sample indoors versus a large roof surface outdoors.
Zen's Design Consultation Process
Choosing the right color can feel overwhelming, but you don't have to navigate it alone. Zen Metal Roofs offers a personalized design consultation process to help Miami homeowners make confident color decisions.
Step 1: Initial Consultation and Assessment
During your free estimate appointment, Zen's team—led by co-founder Eduardo Garcia—will assess your roof, discuss your design goals, and review your home's architectural style, existing colors, and neighborhood context. Eduardo's nearly two decades of construction and roofing experience give him an eye for what works and what doesn't, and he'll offer honest guidance to help you avoid costly mistakes.
Step 2: Color Options and Sample Review
Based on your preferences and home style, Zen will present a curated selection of Englert color options that make sense for your project. You'll have the opportunity to review physical metal samples on-site, compare them against your siding and trim, and see how the colors look in different lighting conditions throughout the day.
Step 3: HOA Submission and Approval Support
If your home is in an HOA community, Zen can prepare the necessary documentation—including Englert color specs, finish details, and manufacturer warranty information—to submit to your architectural review committee. Eduardo and his team know how to present roof proposals in a way that gets approvals quickly, saving you time and frustration.
Step 4: Final Confirmation and Installation
Once you've selected your color and received any necessary HOA approvals, Zen will order your custom-painted Englert panels and schedule your installation. Throughout the project, Zen's experienced crew handles every panel with care to protect the finish and ensure your roof looks as beautiful as you imagined—from the first panel to the final trim piece.
Get Started with Your Englert Standing Seam Roof in the Perfect Color
Choosing the right color for your Miami home's metal roof is one of the most exciting parts of the roofing process—and with Englert's incredible range of options and Zen Metal Roofs' expert guidance, you're guaranteed to find a color that enhances your home's beauty, matches your personal style, and performs beautifully in South Florida's demanding climate.
Whether you're drawn to classic neutrals, bold custom colors, or energy-efficient cool-roof finishes, Zen Metal Roofs has the experience and Englert partnership to bring your vision to life.
Explore our complete guide to Englert standing seam systems or learn more about standing seam metal roof installation in Miami. Ready to choose your perfect color? Contact Zen Metal Roofs today for a free consultation and see how the right roof color can transform your home.
Don't settle for a roof that's just "fine." Choose Zen Metal Roofs and Englert standing seam panels in the color that makes your Miami home truly shine.
