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Approved Standard Colour Palette for 3D Modelling and Sun Shadow Analysis

Published by City of Toronto

This is the City of Toronto’s document, as published on its website on 20 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice

Type: Guide
Published by: City of Toronto
Also called: Shadow Study Drawings Standards - Colour Analysis
For: designer
Building types: All building types
Pages: 1
Agencies: City of Toronto City Planning
Covers note: A colour table rather than a form — these are the sheet's own heading and row labels.

Overview

The one-page colour palette the City of Toronto approves for 3D modelling and sun shadow analysis drawings, giving an RGB value for each category so that shadow studies from different applicants read the same way. Its rows separate the applicant's proposal on the subject site from the applicant's proposal on other sites, buildings under construction, city planner proposed, approved but not yet constructed, as-of-right and under appeal massing, with an alternate colour for PACs, soft sites or block concepts, and further values for heritage, park, water, curb, massing and road.

What it covers

Approved Standard Colour Palette for 3D Modelling and Sun Shadow Analysis
Applicant Proposal - Subject Site
Applicant Proposal - Other Sites
Under Construction
City Planner Proposed
Approved/ Not Yet Constructed
As-of-Right
Under Appeal
Alternate Colour for Use
Heritage
Park
Water
Curb
Massing
Road
RGB Value

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