Well this is funny: UPS just showed up and left a big heavy box. Couldn't think in the world what it could be until I saw the return address was Daltile. I knew right away the local rep had made a mistake, and she did: instead of sending me ONE sample tile of Uptown Taupe, she send me an entire carton of it!

So I now have enough to get quite a good idea of whether this color goes with our counter and cabinets. I don't think it does. What do you think?

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Here's one Urban Putty up against the Taupe just for comparison:

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So I'm thinking--unless I find something else, and I don't know where else to look--that it's between the IC "Canvas" and the "Urban Putty/Tender Tan". Perhaps I should do a post asking for votes between those two...

In the meantime, I'll have to return this carton to Daltile. ;-)

Too dark. MAYBE "Urban Putty"...

Make sure you look at them different times of day. My preferences are Canvas, Urban Putty or Tender Tan. I guess it would depend which one looked best at various times of day and in your light. A computer screen can be deceiving but those look like good choices.

Please realize that everyone's computer monitor sees color differently. So canvas may look better on someone's screen whereas in real life the putty will look better. Which one looks best to you in real life at different times of day.

If you love the inspiration photo, I would find out what material that is and try it in your kitchen.

I think those both (tender taupe and urban putty) look too grey, and you need something with a warmer undertone to go with your counters.

I think what you have it narrowed down to are the best of the ones you were checking out. Did you look at Bisquit? That is the only other one on the board that might work out. Every time I've looked at tile it looks lighter and different in the store than at home. I agree that you need to look at it in different lighting and in different areas of the space you will have backsplash. Some of these decision can be so challenging and wrought with frustration. I've been there!

I agree with Gennifer, they look too grey to me also. I had been considering Bella Capri laminate myself, and I don't think grey tones match it quite right. Gennifer makes a good suggestion, warmer undertones would look better I think.

I would go for an offwhite-one with a brown base, not a gray base. So far these all seem too dark or too gray.

I looked in the 1st 4 pages of Design Dilemma and couldn't find your post??

For whatever it's worth, I think you should keep looking and not settle. It doesn't matter what we think - you are living with it. And as mentioned, the colors look different on a monitor than in person. I agree that you need to see how the color changes throughout the day in your kitchen. Opinions are good to help you think out of the box, but if you have doubts, keep looking.

I prefer Canvas over Urban Putty.

Silken, the title of the post is

Do you like either of these 2 tiles?

And FYI, we don't like the Taupe at all and were between the urban putty and canvas--but now both leaning towards canvas. But as you may read in my last post on the other thread, I still like the color of this one below--the middle one--if I could find it without the texture in it. Don't know if that's possible.

I think that both of the tiles in your last post have too much texture in them. Your granite is busy so I think you were on the right path above with the solid color tiles. If you do want texture then I think a crackle tile would be the way to do it.