Please help me choose a grout color
Karen Abdool
5 years ago
We got this glass tile for our bath. It is green with a mosaic of other colors like pale blues and violets etc . I need help choosing a grout color. Have you any suggestions?
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PRODebbi Washburn
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Comments (11)Question I have looking at your space is what other patterns are in your kitchen & flooring and how much tile will you have? Do you need / want more pattern or texture? Your counter is "quiet" so seems like you can go either way. I'm just now looking at a similar decision using Cambria Quartz "Colton" in kitchen & guest bath counters. Colton has 2 color veining of brownish & black. Guest bath counter is 55" long & will have a 6" BS of 2 1/2" x 5" shiny gray handmade look tiles with a 3 tone color variation of gray between the tiles. For this room I picked a creamy white "alabaster grout to match white in counter & make the gray tile colors pop. For kitchen I'm looking at a different 2 1'2" x 5" subway look gray color melange tile so subtle tonal variations between the tiles too. Because kitchen is a much larger expanse with 2 cabinet colors (cinnamon & ebony), & dark flooring, I want a quieter look on BS so the grout will match the tiles - grayish....See MorePlease help me choose a grout color for my laundry room tiles :)
Comments (7)It is impossible to do this on line and you need actual samples to be sure what dried grout will look like. This is mock up of Mapei Alabaster. I would look at backs and sides of this tile and get close to that color....See MorePlease help me choose a wall color
Comments (20)This is what I would do. Run out to a lowes (carries SW colors) or a SW store. Grab the large sample booklets -or- if at an SW store, they let you borrow a whole color wheel. Take yer samples and yer chips and visit the actual room, hopefully with the actual windows installed. Lay them out. Take that color wheel and fan it out or open up the booklets. You could have a gray symphony but you could also have something a bit warmer or cooler or just add color. It depends on what you like, not what I like. People can't comment too much on colors here because the photos change the original colors and then each person's monitor changes it again. Like the tile comments, but I like the mosaic. I might borrow a sample a little less strong if it's made, just to check. But I would do an entire wall with it if the budget fit because it's interesting and the blue tile is kinda blah and on my monitor doesn't make the other samples look good. None of that is advice because I'm not there and therefor have no idea if what I'm looking at is real. But here are some palettes from someone who might https://www.rughdesign.com/color-wheel/ellie-gray/ Try flipping to some of those colors and see what you think. I am working on repainting my kitchen. I'm gotten chips 3 times so far. The background here is pavilion gray (FB). It is being replaced by Honeydew. My choices represent something a little more colorful than what I have and are to not startle when moving from adjacent rooms. The windows face south-southwest, so anything warm becomes too warm in average daylight. I move the tree around in the room to see it in all of the light. In working with light colors, in a room with a lot of light, what looks different in a store can change in this room to looking about the same. And these colors are only in the neighborhood of what these chips look like in this photo....See More
RedRyder
5 years agoKaren Abdool
5 years agoHI For some reason I can't edit the original post so here are some more pictures in the comments section. The lighting isn't the greatest but this is the general idea. I really want the tiles to stand out. from the grout, but some of the white thin set got between them and looked horrible until I wiped it off. That's why I'm a bit concerned and wanting to make sure that, if white is the way to go I get the right one.
PROBeth H. :
5 years agoit's common for thinset to ooze between these mosaics. use a razor to scape out what you can.
grout w/either a white that matches your large tiles, or a warmer white
I have that same glass tile and used a bright white
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