The Ombre range from Blinds 2go is a made-to-measure roller blind offered in 4 colourways, starting from £19.85. A roller is the simplest blind style there is - a flat panel of fabric on a tube that rolls up and down - and the Ombre fabric carries a graded, fading tone across the cloth rather than a single flat colour. Every colourway is a standard light-filtering fabric, so it softens and diffuses daylight rather than blocking it.
Who it suits
Roller blinds suit almost any room and are the easiest style to live with: no slats to tilt, no cords to draw to the side, just a single panel that rolls clear of the glass when you want the full window and covers it when you do not. The Ombre fabric adds a decorative graded colour, which makes it a good choice where the blind is meant to be a feature rather than a quiet neutral - a living room, a bedroom, a study or a child's room.
As a light-filtering fabric, Ombre filters daylight to a soft, even glow and gives daytime privacy, but it will not black a room out - some light always passes through. If full darkness matters, for a nursery or a north-facing bedroom used in daylight, a blackout fabric would be the better tool. For a bright space where you want to take the edge off glare while keeping a sense of daylight, the light-filtering finish here is well suited.
The colours
4 colours available
The four colourways each run a graded tone across the fabric: Heather in a soft purple, Teal in a blue-green, Sunset reaching into warmer tones and Midnight at the darkest, deepest end of the range. That gives a choice between cooler shades (Teal, Midnight) and a warmer, brighter one (Sunset), with Heather sitting between as a gentle accent. Because the colour grades across the cloth, each blind reads differently as the fabric rolls up or down and as the light changes through the day, so the effect is more varied than a flat-dyed roller. Colour on a screen and colour filling a window can differ considerably, particularly with a graded fabric, so request a sample before committing to a full-sized blind.
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The figure shown is for the standard fitting, the only fitting offered in this range. Roller blinds are priced by the finished width and drop, so a wide patio window costs more than a small kitchen one - the price-by-size figures above reflect your own measurements. Rollers are generally among the more affordable made-to-measure blind types, which keeps this range at an accessible entry point.
How it compares
Against a roman blind in the same Ombre look, the roller is the plainer, lower-maintenance option - it rolls flat onto a tube rather than gathering into fabric folds, so it suits a more contemporary or practical room. Against a venetian, the roller gives no tilt control but a cleaner, uninterrupted run of fabric and an easier wipe. Against a plain neutral roller, the graded Ombre fabric trades a quiet background for a more decorative window. As a light-filtering fabric it filters rather than blocks, so for a true blackout you would step to a blackout-fabric roller instead.
A note on care
Roller fabric is simple to keep clean - a regular dusting or a gentle vacuum with a brush attachment lifts surface dust, and most marks come away with a damp cloth and a mild detergent solution, blotted gently rather than scrubbed. Let the fabric dry fully before rolling it back up so no moisture is trapped on the tube, and avoid harsh chemicals or abrasive cloths that could mark the graded finish.