Bitter Cocoa N16
Within the Microcement range, Bitter Cocoa N16 carries with a soft warmth that suits low daylight and warm brown undertones — deep, edible brown in overall character. It works beautifully with terracotta, brick, hand-thrown ceramics and warm timbers. The natural home for Bitter Cocoa N16 is guest bedrooms with softer light — and increasingly alcove and chimney-breast features. A genuinely deep shade with weight and presence. Borrows its character from tactile minimalism interiors and re-reads them in a modern context.
Best used in bedroom, feature wall
Deep, edible brown reads its best where the light is even and natural. Below are the rooms we've installed this shade in most often.
- dressing rooms
- alcove and chimney-breast features
- hotel lobby walls and lift cores
Shades that sit beside Bitter Cocoa N16
Picked by family, warmth and tonal proximity within the same range.
How Bitter Cocoa N16 is applied
Bitter Cocoa N16 uses the standard Microcement build. The technical specification is the same across colour — only the pigment changes.
Questions clients ask about this shade
Won't Bitter Cocoa N16 make the room feel smaller?+
Deep shades like Bitter Cocoa N16 actually blur a room's edges, making walls feel further away rather than closer. The trick is to wrap the colour onto skirting and trim so there are no high-contrast lines to remind the eye where the room ends.
Is Bitter Cocoa N16 suitable for a shower or wet-room?+
Bitter Cocoa N16 can be specified for wet-rooms with our standard microcement wet-zone build: primer, two base coats with reinforcing mesh, two finishing coats, then a tanking membrane and two coats of polyurethane sealer. The colour itself doesn't change suitability — finish and sealer do.
What does Bitter Cocoa N16 pair with from your range?+
We most often pair Bitter Cocoa N16 with the three closest shades in its family — see the pairings panel below. Beyond that, pairs with reclaimed bricks, walnut, copper, and undyed linen.
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