Welcome to Colormaker Industries

Colormaker is a sustainable producer of eco-friendly house paints, swimming pool coatings, waterproofing membranes, floor coatings, textile screen printing inks, scenic paints and industrial coatings.  An Australian owned family business, Colormaker has been manufacturing paint on the Northern Beaches of Sydney for 66 years.  All Colormaker coatings are made in Australia using 100% renewable energy and sustainable practices.  Learn more

Colormaker products are researched, developed and manufactured at our Brookvale facility under strict quality controls managed by a team of experienced chemists.

Blak Douglas mural at Manly Village School

The Hon. Zali Steggall OAM, MP joined students and parents from Manly Village Public School for the unveiling of a beautiful mural by the incredibly talented @blakdouglas, with PERMACRYLIK^® paints from @colormaker_industries . The First Nations artist shared his culture with students through storytelling and music, including a didgeridoo performance, during a moving Reconciliation Week assembly.

The mural, depicting Barangaroo in her canoe with the sun setting over the harbour, celebrates the deep First Nations heritage of Manly and is a powerful reminder of the importance of truth-telling, reflection and respect.

PERMASET® Eco-friendly Inks for Every Daughter Matters, Nepal

Every Daughter Matters is an Australian-based anti-human trafficking NGO that works in Nepal to intercept and rescue Nepali girls at risk of trafficking, providing them with education, support, and safe homes, partnering with Aashish Social Services Nepal. 

Teaming up with the How Ridiculous You Tube team, Colormaker Industries was delighted to provide our PERMASET® eco-friendly screen printing inks to the girls for screen printing these beautiful heart hoodies to raise money for the resources they need to build a better life.

Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize 2025

Finalists have been announced for the 2025 Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize, of which Colormaker Industries is a proud sponsor.  See the finalists list here   The exhibition will be presented across 3 venues from 1 August to 14 September, Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-5pm:
– Manly Art Gallery & Museum
– Curl Curl Creative Space
– Mona Vale Creative Space Gallery
Don’t miss this wonderful showcase of sustainable art.

Sustainability team decorates water tanks at Cammeray Public School

It was all hands on deck, as students and parents from the Sustainability Team at Cammeray Public School decorated the two rainwater tanks at their school recently.  The students used PERMACRYLIK scenic paint which is a water-based acrylic paint range for film, theatre and TV set decoration, murals, signwriting and architectural feature walls.

Paints for Penrith Art Gallery Walls

Penrith Regional Art Gallery chose PERMACRYLIK Ochre colours to highlight feature walls at their current BLAK DOUGLAS: The Halfway Line exhibition.  This exhibition is running 15 March – 20 July at the Gallery.

LUXAPOOL: It’s time to switch Hardeners

With the cooler temperatures, it’s time to switch from Summer to Winter hardener when painting a pool with LUXAPOOL Epoxy pool paint.  During the colder months, the surface temperature of a pool can be much lower than the air temperature.  Avoid painting if the air temperature is under 15°C as surface temperature is likely lower than 12°C which can cause blooming.  For further information call the Colormaker team on 02 9939 7977 or visit the LUXAPOOL website.

Mural by Brookvale Art District painted with PERMACRYLIK+ Lightfast paints

BAD Artists Lara Allport, Patrick Hunter and Miguel Gonzales had a wonderful time painting their beach mural on the Bondi Art Wall recently.  They used PERMACRYLIK+ Lightfast paints, sustainably made here in Brookvale using 100% renewable energy.

PERMACRYLIK+^® Light Fast products are low VOC, UV resistant, low sheen, water-based acrylic paints designed for use in architectural, commercial, sign and scenic decoration, including indoor and outdoor murals and art installations. The range features vibrant colours that offer long life under the harsh Australian sun, and special ingredients that provide long lasting resistance to mould and fungus attack, ensuring excellent durability.

Tread lightly on the Earth with Colormaker eco-friendly house paints

Colormaker sustainably manufactures a high-quality range of eco-friendly interior and exterior house paints, and sells to the trade and the public from their paint shop in Brookvale.

What makes Colormaker paints so eco-friendly?
Colormaker employs a number of measures to reduce the environmental impact of the coatings they produce. Learn why Colormaker house paints are so sustainable

ACRYLMERIC® Sportscote PFR colours: popular for school sports courts & more

Learn more about choosing ACRYLMERIC Sportscote PFR colours here.

How to paint your old tiled roof in a COLORBOND® colour

Many of the older-style Californian bungalow homes, built between 1925-1939 on the Northern Beaches feature terracotta roof tiles. Did you know that you can upgrade and restore your old roof (be it terracotta, concrete tile or even metal) by painting it with ACRYLMERIC® WeatherTuff exterior elastomeric coating?   Learn how here

Northern Beaches Council Net Zero Expo

In June 2024, Northern Beaches Council transformed Narrabeen Tramsheds into an innovative Net Zero Expo, showcasing all things sustainable and renewable.  Colormaker MD, David Stuart, was part of the Net Zero Discussion Panel and Colormaker hosted a stand at the Expo. Learn more

Colormaker receives Community Recognition Statement

Colormaker Industries was presented with a Community Recognition Statement by James Griffin, NSW State Member for Manly.

“Colormaker is one of the most ground-breaking businesses in my community and an exemplar helping to inspire other local businesses. In October an innovative ReVolve® battery – created by using recycled electric vehicle batteries – was switched on at Colormaker’s Brookvale factory and connected to the grid. This system enables Colormaker to use its solar array during the day, whilst feeding excess stored energy back into the grid overnight. Once again congratulations to Managing Director David Stuart and the team at Colormaker Industries on these fantastic achievements.” said Mr Griffin.

Colormaker: Winner of three Sustainability Awards

Colormaker was the proud recipianet of three sustainability awards in 2023.

• In April 2023 Colormaker was awarded the Solar Champion Award by the Solar Alliance Brookvale for its commitment to reducing the business’ environmental impact.
• In July 2023, Colormaker Industries was awarded the Winner of the Northern Beaches Business Sustainability Award 2023.  For this award, Colormaker was identified as an industry leader through the development of PERMASET eco-friendly inks and investment in an innovative solar installation, which has seen significant savings to both their energy bills and carbon emissions.
• Then in October 2023, Colormaker was recognised by Business NSW through being awarded the Winner of the Excellence in Sustainability Award for the Metro Sydney region.  This award recognises a business that had demonstrated its commitment to sustainable business practices and is working to reduce the impact of its operations on the environment.

Colormaker’s 65 Year Celebration

In 2023 Colormaker celebrated 65 years of making paint. The paint manufacturer has come a long way since inception in 1958, as a small manufacturer based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, to the sustainable paint company making eco-friendly paints and inks, powered by 100% renewable energy that they are today.  Colormaker celebrated their birthday with an event on Friday 28th April 2023.

Learn more about Colormaker’s history

Exciting mural at Maritime Museum by Brookvale artist Ink Hunter

The Australian National Maritime Museum unveiled a commissioned mural in August ’23, from Brookvale artist InkHunter, painted with Colormaker’s LUXAPOOL Poolside & Paving non-slip paints in a range of beautiful blues.  Entitled Shallow Iridescence, the mural reflects the museum’s priority of ocean health and sustainability.  The artist Patrick Hunter advised, ‘The natural world is our home, it is where we came from, and we should be proud of how we leave it. My objective is to draw people in, with the different ways the artwork appears from different angles.  The blue-ringed octopus that is the central image is flaring up with nets in its tentacles. It is showing a warning for the direction we are heading with shark nets and overfishing. I was inspired by the work of Valerie Taylor. I want people of all ages to think about the ocean that surrounds us and be more aware of taking care of it.’ he said.  Learn more

Buy paint direct & save

Order COLORMAKER paints and coatings online and have them delivered to your door or use our Click & Collect service and pick up your order from Colormaker in Brookvale.

– COLORMAKER eco-friendly interior & exterior low-VOC house  paints
– COLORMAKER durable paving paints for garage floors, patios, laundries & workshops
– ACRYLMERIC® construction coatings including Concrete Sealers, Epoxacote floor coating & Texacote textured exterior coatings
– ACRYLMERIC® System membranes including WeatherTuff exterior protective membrane, Sportscote non-slip, trafficable membrane, Wet Area Membrane & WB Epoxy Primer Membrane for preventing seepage penetration through walls and floors
– LUXAPOOL® swimming pool paints for pool interiors and pool surrounds
–PERMACRYLIK® scenic paints for movie and theatre set decoration, murals and more
–PERMASET® eco-friendly screen printing inks for printing t-shirts, merchandise, yardage and posters

Phone your order through on 02-9939 7977 and collect from Colormaker Paint Shop.

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Archibald Prize winning artist Blak Douglas

First Nations artist, Blak Douglas, was the winner of the 2022 Archibald Prize with his portrait Moby Dickens.  “When I began painting, I consciously chose water-based paints as I felt them to be the least harmful to the environment.  I recall randomly stumbling upon the incredible colour range of PERMACRYLIK® at an inner-city paint shop for the first time.  Gobsmacked by the pigments, what allured me most was the strength of the ochre-based range which ideally suited me as a First Nations artist.” he said.

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The How Ridiculous YouTube team splatter paints with PERMASET® Inks!

The How Ridiculous YouTube team from Perth, decorated hundreds of T-shirts, hats and dinosaur toys by smashing, swatting and bombarding them with PERMASET AQUA  eco-friendly inks using a giant hammer, a huge fly swatter and a gigantic wrecking ball. Check out this awesome video…