Very pretty......I prefer the darker as the second photo the color is a bit too warm IMO. The darker color against the wall looks bad, but I guess you have not installed the baseboards yet. The darker is very nice. I guess it leads me to ask what are your furnishings and is the in the whole home, etc?

Great, post that when you have it sampled. I was not fond of the second option. What are your thoughts on the two you already posted by chance?

neither. too light and too reddish tan. what brand are you using?

pick a dark color. when you look at the floor, you don't want to see individual grout lines. this is suppose to mimic real wood. so get a dark color that disappears.

Mapei has color samples (I use this brand all the time)

Maybe I need to get in to the ophthalmologist again as I'm not a young person?

Perhaps it's monitors again... it looks almost graphite in the first photo on my computer...

First photo looks too black on my monitor. I like Diyher's grout color on her floor. I agree that a dark tone that picks up your tile color will be best. I wasn't home to pick out my grout color and the contractor did one that was on the light side. It looks awful now - very dirty.

it's the tan vertical grout line in the middle of my text (under the word 'NOT')

every floor company I got quotes from all told me to choose the darkest color in the wood look tile I choose for the grout. It tends to make it look more real and like a shadow instead of actual grout. Now for other tile not wood look tile, the color choice might not be good to choose

the darkest. I just put my 2nd coat of sealer today and it turned out great

that one is better. make sure when you grout, to fill in those joints up to the top and don't wipe away such a deep groove.

if you don't like it after it dries, try a different company. laticrete, mapei, all have nice colors.

Thanks Beth for the, "text" I was seeing it as a whole and it looked black in the very first photo.

The Tobacco appears to be slightly red in tone on my computer.

It would be great if you could borrow or, "check out" with a small deposit some grout bar samples and bring them home to view.

the grout bars I have seen aren't actually grout, but almost a dense plastic. Do you have a piece of tile you can bring to the store with you? That's what I did. At the time none of the tile (6"x40") was cut, so I had to bring a whole piece with me. I bought the grout at Home Depot

The tile store we got our tile from, "Virginia Tile" had several boxes of actual grout bars in order from light to dark. I think it would have to be an actual tile store one could possibly try to borrow or as above mentions take a piece of the flooring to the store and ask them for their grout bar samples. I know the store, "The Tile Shop" has actual samples of grout bars in store and I believe they are across the US. I don't think a big box store would have them, but?

Alli, just a thought. Have you considered a, live chat with Shaw via their website about this and if they have a recommendation for a good match for this smoked hickory in pecan? https://shawfloors.com/contact-us

Just a thought and they may not want to offer a, "suggestion" yet they may know a very good match as well for your to look at?

New Taupe?

Good luck Alli, I am not sure if you meant New Taupe or True :) Either way, I'm happy they were able to tell you what they photographed with!

Mine is the Truffle you see on the list you gave

perfect

glad Truffle worked. I think with your floor, the Truffle color matches the darkest shade in yor tile. That is what the guy at the Home Depot suggested I do.