Bar backsplash- grout color
vmordak
2 years ago
My installer is asking me to choose a grout color for my bar backsplash that I am placing both above and below the three white cabinets. I am thinking charcoal gray may be a good option but I honestly don’t have a ton of knowledge it in the grout department. Any advice on what to choose?
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dan1888
2 years agolast modified: 2 years ago
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Comments (7)If in doubt, make up a tile board and grout it. Or get sample sticks :) I would be afraid that the colors wouldn't mix well with the warmth of the yellow undertones of the kitchen. Your Bath is much cooler. I am using Silver Shadow for my white field tile with marble accent listello that has a cool and warm mix in the mosaic. I am using the paint color in the upper left corner. Not the lower paint sample that reads green. Tile board with white tile and Silver Shadow in the left set. Top right is 2x4 marble with 50% Silver S. and 50% Platinum as well as straight Silver S. note that the grout isn't totally dry yet and has that halo effect. The black slate has 1 part Silver Shadow and 2 parts Platinum as well as a 50/50 mix. I also sampled Raven and mixed with Silver Shadow in varying degrees with the slate. The cross bar that the grout line makes on the black slate is something that I thought would work but when I poured the dry portion into the mixing container it looked rosey. And you can still see the rosey color in this picture though it is very subtle. Thats why is is so tricky. Several weeks ago someone posted a gray grout color that read lavender with her white hex ceramic. She was concerned that over the entire floor it would stand out. The Silver Shadow and the Platinum are perfect for me in my Bath. These 2 grouts look blue to me as I work with the samples. The Raven does too but just a very dark variant. But I wouldn't wouldn't use Silver Shadow with my kitchen marble that has a lot of gold undertones. I used a grout that I found at The Tile Shop called Natural (ever so slight green undertones) and I mixed it with white to tone it down. My walls are a green and I have cherry wood so green and orange. End result. The grout matches my stainless steel :)...See MorePlease pick my backsplash grout color (w/ white snow glass tile)
Comments (9)Did you go with a white? Would you mind posting the color you went with and a picture? I actually have the same question and have the samequartz counter top It appears and white cabinets and glass tile! :) Love the white on white look but am a little concerned as my tiler advised against due to cleaning issues with white. What do you think or any on this post think? thank you!...See MoreGrout colour for backsplash
Comments (19)Love the tile! I think id do frost, although rain works too. I had to really think and look for pictures about this! My concern with doing such a close colored grout in an area that’s typically under some shadow from cabinets is that it could throw off your color perception, so that beautiful blue without contrast might look like a dull white in shadow. Here’s are two pics to give an example. Still pretty, but it doesn’t show off the blue nearly as well as the pic of the herringbone tile....See MoreWhat color grout for my backsplash
Comments (1)I usually like to match a mid-tone from the tile, unless the grout lines are an important part of the pattern. what exact color depends on brand and specific tile, so you need to get samples and set them next to a sample tile to choose....See Moreherbflavor
2 years agovmordak
2 years agoThanks all, I contacted the tile store and they recommend a light grey (I’ve attached their mock-up). I don’t think I like it very much so I’ll keep looking
claire larece
2 years agodan1888
2 years ago
Rachel
2 years agoherbflavor
2 years agoN Johnson
2 years agozeinah79
2 years agoAmie Gilberto
2 years ago
elcieg
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoI would use it, with the black grout, but only as a backsplash. Less is better for this install.
Over top of cabinets I would paint the wall in the niche something like this and add art. You have two lights over head that would make this work.
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