Lutron Blackout Screen Fabric
9 colourways, blackout, up to 116 inches wide. Every swatch and every specification, from a certified Lutron dealer in Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach.
A blackout with the two-tone look of a solar screen
Blackout Screen is a 78% PVC, 22% polyester fabric that takes the two-tone colour language of the screen range (Charcoal/Brown, Charcoal/Grey, Charcoal/Light Grey, Pearl/Oyster, Pearl/Grey, Pearl/Dark Grey, plus Charcoal, Grey and Pearl) and makes it fully opaque, with a matching coloured back. It is 116 inches wide, heavy (16 to 19 oz per square yard), seamable and railroadable, anti-microbial, rated for moist conditions and listed to NFPA 701. Added in 2025.
What Blackout Screen does on your glass, and what it does not
Best use
Read the reflectance before the colourway. Pearl reflects 65% of the solar energy that hits it, where Charcoal reflects 4%. On west and south glass in a Miami tower the pale end of this card is what keeps heat off the room, even though the charcoals look better next to a screen. It is also the blackout Lutron rates for moist conditions, which is why it goes into bathrooms.
Privacy
The name confuses people, so plainly: there is no openness here and no view through it at any hour. It looks like a two-tone screen and behaves like a blackout, with full visual cover day and night in all nine colourways. Because the back is coloured to match rather than left white, the shade reads as the same fabric from a terrace. Edge light at the jambs is unchanged.
Glare control
Nothing passes, so there is no glare to manage while the shade is down. The reason to take a charcoal face in a media room is that a dark surface around the screen does not throw light back at it. The cost of that choice is heat, since absorptance at the charcoal end of the card reaches 94% and the cavity behind the glass warms up.
Limitations
It is 78% PVC, so a project working to a no-PVC materials list cannot use it and Element is the alternative. At up to 19.47 oz and 0.028 inches it is a heavy, thick cloth, which means a bigger roll and a deeper pocket on a tall shade. Neither a GREENGUARD nor a lead-free listing is published for it.
Blackout Screen New 2025
9 colours. Up to 116 in wide; fire listed.
Colourways
Every Blackout Screen colourway, with Lutron's published figures
| Swatch | Colour | Code | Openness | Tv | Ts | Rs | As | Back | Width | Sample no. | Docs | Visualize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl | RF-BOSC-PR | 0% | 0% | 0% | 65% | 35% | White/Off-White | 116 in | WSF-RF-BOSC-PR | - | See it | |
| Pearl/Oyster | RF-BOSC-PO | 0% | 0% | 0% | 60% | 40% | White/Off-White | 116 in | WSF-RF-BOSC-PO | - | See it | |
| Pearl/Grey | RF-BOSC-PG | 0% | 0% | 0% | 58% | 42% | Grey | 116 in | WSF-RF-BOSC-PG | - | See it | |
| Pearl/Dark Grey | RF-BOSC-PD | 0% | 0% | 0% | 50% | 50% | Grey | 116 in | WSF-RF-BOSC-PD | - | See it | |
| Grey | RF-BOSC-GR | 0% | 0% | 0% | 13% | 87% | Grey | 116 in | WSF-RF-BOSC-GR | - | See it | |
| Charcoal/Light Grey | RF-BOSC-CL | 0% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 90% | Grey | 116 in | WSF-RF-BOSC-CL | - | See it | |
| Charcoal/Grey | RF-BOSC-CG | 0% | 0% | 0% | 7% | 93% | Grey | 116 in | WSF-RF-BOSC-CG | - | See it | |
| Charcoal/Brown | RF-BOSC-CB | 0% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 94% | Tan/Brown | 116 in | WSF-RF-BOSC-CB | - | See it | |
| Charcoal | RF-BOSC-CH | 0% | 0% | 0% | 4% | 9% | Black | 116 in | WSF-RF-BOSC-CH | - | See it |
Tv = visible light transmitted, Ts = solar energy transmitted, Rs = solar energy reflected, As = solar energy absorbed, as published by Lutron. Sample numbers are Lutron memo-sample codes; we bring the samples to the consultation.
Where Blackout Screen works here
This is the blackout to pair with a charcoal or pearl screen when you want both layers to look like the same family, and the blackout we specify for bathrooms and lanai-facing rooms where humidity rules out a polyester designer blackout. Charcoal/Grey behind a Charcoal/Grey E Screen is a common combination on Sunny Isles glass.
Blackout Screen: frequently asked
Can Blackout Screen go in a bathroom?
Yes. It is a vinyl fabric rated by Lutron for moist conditions, which the polyester blackouts are not. It is also the natural match for a vinyl screen in the same window.
How wide can a Lutron Blackout Screen shade be?
Lutron publishes a maximum usable fabric width of 116 inches for Blackout Screen. It is railroadable, so a wider opening can be covered in one piece by turning the fabric. We confirm the exact limit for the chosen system when we measure.
Which Lutron shades use Blackout Screen?
Blackout Screen is made up on Lutron roller shades. As a certified Lutron dealer in Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach we order it for any Lutron system it is offered on and install it with our own team.
Can I see Blackout Screen samples before ordering?
Yes. Lutron makes memo samples of every Blackout Screen colourway on this page; tell us which colours you are considering and we order them from Lutron for your consultation. Both our Fort Lauderdale workroom (by appointment) and our Miami Beach showroom have Lutron shades running so you can see the fabrics in motion.
Compare Blackout Screen with
Verso
A blackout whose back matches its face
Encore
A 2025 fire-rated blackout in eleven colours, up to 116 inches wide
Element
A stone-coloured blackout, with a grey-backed Facade version
Premiere
A fiberglass blackout for rollers and skylights
Standard
The basic PVC-coated blackout, for rollers and tensioned shades
Highland
A grey-backed blackout in three warm neutrals
Lutron Blackout Screen shades in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Boca Raton & Palm Beach
We order Blackout Screen from Lutron for any project from Miami to Palm Beach, make the shades up in our Fort Lauderdale workroom on the Lutron system the window calls for, and install and program them with our own team. Both showrooms, 4539 Powerline Rd in Fort Lauderdale (by appointment) and 500 South Pointe Dr #150 in Miami Beach, have Lutron shades running so you can see the fabric in motion.
See Blackout Screen in your own light
Book a complimentary in-home consultation. Shortlist the colours you like and we order the Lutron samples, bring demo motors, and give honest answers about openness, colour and what your windows actually need.