If one ever comes across a piece of galvanized steel, such as the casing of a lamp post or road divider, one observes that the surface is not uniformly colored, but is covered with a patchwork of interlocking polygons of different shades of grey or silver.

The external color of the shell can be white, cream, yellow, orange, red, or brown, and can be uniformly colored, or patterned in various ways.

The pattern tends to fade with age, and some individuals are uniformly colored.

Plastron is mostly yellow and may have short fat lines, specks, or be uniformly colored.

Females are uniformly colored, with some dusky stripes on the dorsum of the abdomen.

In contrast to other species in the genus Tegenaria, T. atrica and the smaller T. picta have uniformly colored legs.

It can be uniformly colored or white, and the color can be patterned.

Adults are uniformly colored in green, grey, olive or brown.

The upperparts are uniformly colored, but their tone is variable: generally ochraceous brown, but approaching yellow, red, or olivaceous in some individuals.