Same colour, different sheen — a completely different kitchen. Sheen changes how a lacquer surface handles light, fingerprints and daily wear, so it deserves as much thought as the colour itself.
Matte: the modern default
Matte (and super-matte) lacquer diffuses light, hides fingerprints and small scuffs, and gives deep colours a velvet quality clients love. It is the safest choice for handleless kitchens and families. Modern matte formulations are far more scrub-resistant than the matte paints of a decade ago.
Satin: the quiet professional
A soft 20–30% sheen wipes clean the easiest of the three and reads “furniture” rather than “trend”. Satin is our recommendation for classic framed profiles — it lets the panel shadows do the talking and forgives busy households.
High gloss: light, drama, discipline
High gloss bounces light around small or dark rooms like nothing else and makes saturated colours sing. It shows fingerprints and demands a soft-cloth cleaning habit — so use it where hands rarely touch: tall feature runs, upper doors, bar units. Combining a HG feature wall with matte perimeter in the same RAL is the most-requested combination in our Elite and Classic series.
Cleaning, whatever the sheen
Warm water, mild soap, microfibre. No abrasives, no solvent sprays. Lacquer's sealed surface has no seams or foil edges to trap grease — one reason it outlasts wrapped finishes in real kitchens.