This is the surface most people picture when they hear “whiteboard”: a high gloss finish, though never as reflective as glass. That gloss earns its keep the moment a room fills up. Markings stay crisp and easy to read from a distance, which is exactly why this is the surface schools reach for and why it holds up in front of a packed meeting room. It’s also refreshingly low-maintenance, wiping clean without a fight. The one trade-off: in a very bright room, that gloss can occasionally catch the light. If that’s a concern, SatinTones picks up where this leaves off.

Take everything High Gloss does well, and soften it, then open it up to color. SatinTones reflects and glitters noticeably less than High Gloss, which makes it the natural choice for rooms flooded with daylight or harsh overhead lighting, and for spaces doing double duty between writing and projecting. But the real reason to choose SatinTones isn’t just the calmer finish, it’s the freedom that comes with fifteen colors to choose from. A board no longer has to default to white: it can pick up the tone of an interior, soften a room that feels too stark, or add a deliberate accent instead of disappearing into the wall behind it. For anyone designing a space where the board needs to belong to the room, not just hang in it, SatinTones is where that conversation starts.

For rooms where the projector does most of the talking, Projection is the surface built specifically for that job. It’s ultra-matte, with no reflection whatsoever, so whatever is projected onto it appears exactly as intended, without glare fighting for attention. It can still be written on, though erasing takes a bit more effort than the gloss surfaces, a whiteboard spray solves that easily when needed. This is the surface for spaces where image quality isn’t a nice-to-have, it’s the entire point.

Chalk does something markers can’t: press harder, and the line darkens; ease off, and it lightens. That range makes it genuinely useful for shading and nuance, which is why chalk still earns a place in classrooms today. Chalk Graphite wraps that capability in a matte, anthracite surface that reads as both classic and current, which is exactly why it’s found its way into office interiors as often as schools.

There’s a reason a green chalkboard instantly signals “classroom” to almost anyone who sees one. It’s the color most people associate with education, and for good reason: Chalk Canopy has a calming quality, and it gives white chalk a contrast that’s genuinely easy on the eyes. The trade-off is the one every chalk surface shares, a bit of chalk dust in the air, which is often the deciding factor for schools that choose a whiteboard instead.