Onyx
Moody inky-black, deep charcoal, and weathered slate-gray tones establish the commanding, shadow-rich foundation of Onyx by Texas Stone Designs, balanced by subtle graphite lowlights, misty silver-ash highlights, and quiet touches of stone-ash across select stones. Natural daylight glides across the varying cleft depths, stratified fissures, and hand-chiseled planar surfaces, casting crisp pocket shadows that lend dramatic geological movement to the wall plane while preserving a tailored, dark-neutral composure. An exceptional specification for North Texas modern prairie architecture, transitional Hill Country residences, and clean-lined contemporary ranch elevations, Onyx coordinates effortlessly alongside dark bronze or matte-black window framing, natural warm cedar timbers, smooth off-white stucco, and dark standing-seam metal roofing.
Manufactured across three distinct profiles—the classic hand-dressed blocks of Limestone, the linear coursing of Ledgestone, and the tight, modular panelized system of Luxroc—the colorway delivers outstanding architectural versatility across diverse facade directions. In the Luxroc profile, the panels are engineered strictly for a tight dry-stack installation, nesting flush together without visible mortar joints to let deep horizontal shadow reveals and razor-thin coursing bands drive a disciplined, contemporary cadence. When specified in the Ledgestone profile, the stone offers dual installation flexibility: it can be dry-stacked tight for a tailored, shadow-rich presentation or installed with standard mortar joints for a softer masonry finish. For the Limestone profile, the hand-dressed ashlar blocks are engineered for a traditional grouted assembly: tooling the courses with an Ivory or bright White mortar produces an energetic, graphic grid that crisply frames each dark unit, while finishing the joints with a standard Gray or Charcoal mortar softly settles the bed lines into an understated, monolithic masonry field. Supported by lightweight flat veneer units alongside matching 90-degree outside corner pieces, Onyx details cleanly across sweeping exterior facade planes, structural entry pillars, and covered patio kitchen surrounds, while stepping indoors to anchor dramatic floor-to-ceiling interior great room fireplace towers.