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Choosing Flooring · October 24, 2026

Fine Lines: 42 Colors and When Custom Color Is Worth It

Fine Lines is our widest color range and the one line where we can run a custom color. Here is how to choose between the 42 colors, and when custom is worth the wait.

Most event floors are picked from a short list: gray, black, blue, maybe red. Fine Lines was built for the jobs where that list is not enough — brand activations, themed shows, aisle systems that color-code a hall, and sponsors who want the floor to match the logo.

What Fine Lines is

Fine Lines is a ribbed flat carpet in 100% polypropylene, at about 9.4 oz per square yard. The ribs run the length of the roll, which gives the floor a clean, tailored look and a little texture on camera. It is light and fast to roll out, holds tight to standard double-sided carpet tape, and cuts clean at the seams.

Stock widths are 13 ft and 6.5 ft. 10 ft and 12 ft widths, and cut-to-size pieces, are available by special order.

42 colors, in six families

The palette is grouped the way most planners think about color:

Forty of the 42 are stock colors on a four-week lead time. Clubhouse Sage and Mint Julep are special order with a longer lead time, so ask us early if your design calls for them. You can see every color side by side on the Fine Lines page and add the ones you are weighing to your quote request.

When a stock color is the right call

For most shows, a stock color wins. It is faster, it is easier to reorder if the show grows, and with 42 options there is usually one within a shade of your brand. A stock color makes sense when:

Show lighting shifts color anyway, so the closest stock shade often looks as right on the floor as an exact match would. Our post on booth carpet colors under show lighting covers how to check a swatch before you commit.

When custom color is worth it

Fine Lines is the one line where we can run a custom color. It is worth it when the color is the point:

Plan for about eight weeks for custom color, compared with four weeks for stock. Send us a physical color target if you have one — a printed brand standard or a fabric sample matches better than a screen color.

Three questions to answer before you choose

  1. How many square feet, and how many shows? That decides whether custom is even on the table.
  2. When is load-in? Count back four weeks for stock and about eight for custom, plus shipping.
  3. What else is in the booth? Hold swatches next to your graphics and your product, not on their own.

After the show

Whatever the color, our crew takes Fine Lines up at strike. The seams where the staples sit are cut out, staples are pulled from the large field area, and the clean carpet goes back to be reprocessed into injection-molded plastic parts here in the USA. Roughly 10 to 15 percent is lost to seam lines and step wraps. Read what happens to event carpet after the show for the full story.

Have a brand color in mind?

Send it over with your square footage and show dates. We will tell you the closest stock Fine Lines colors, whether custom makes sense, and have the floor down before doors open — serving Nashville, Baton Rouge, Orlando and shows nationwide.

Common questions

How many colors does Fine Lines come in?

Fine Lines comes in 42 colors. Forty are stock colors on a four-week lead time, and two, Clubhouse Sage and Mint Julep, are special order with a longer lead time.

Can event carpet be made in a custom color?

Yes, on Fine Lines. Custom color is built for very large runs, on the order of 100,000 square feet or more, and takes about eight weeks compared with four weeks for stock colors.

What widths does Fine Lines come in?

Stock widths are 13 ft and 6.5 ft. 10 ft and 12 ft widths and cut-to-size pieces are available by special order.

Is Fine Lines a pile carpet?

No. Fine Lines is a ribbed flat carpet at about 9.4 oz per square yard. It is light, fast to install and holds tight to standard double-sided carpet tape.

What happens to Fine Lines after the show?

Our crew takes it up at strike, cuts out the stapled seams, and sends the clean carpet to be reprocessed into injection-molded plastic parts in the USA. Roughly 10 to 15 percent is lost to seam lines and step wraps.