Grout color for blue gray tile backsplash
Hi
backsplash being installed tomororw and trying to decide a grout color. The rile is a light blue gray, even though it looks darker in the pics. I have 3 mapei sample sticks here.
fFirst is 2 pics of avalanche white
Second is 2 pics of frost
Third is 2 pics of warm gray
Fourth is all 3 grout colors with 2 sample sticks each left to right of avalanche, , frost, warm gray
I am not sure if mapei makes one, but should i look at a blue grout if they do? thoughrs in these 3? thanks !
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gtdj519
last yearlast modified: last yeargtdj519
last yearlast modified: last yearGot sample board
3 choices
white - Avalanche -most contrast
light gray- Frost--light contrast
Blue-gray- Rain - blends with tile
Rain
frost
Avalanche
gtdj519
last yearlast modified: last yearnow that its fully dry, my concern wirh the rain on the sample board is that it seems to dry with dark and light areas. almost an uneven color. (?)
to me, it looks like the middle is darker than the sides. the rain is the top sample.
white and frost are split on the bottom sample.
its only the sample he did, but if that were the case and it dries uneven in color, should I do the frost, which is a light gray? its the bottom right.
no one in the house likes the avalanche white. I dont hate it, but I do find it the most contrasting of the 3.
i realized that the rain grout is sanded. avalanche and frost is undanded. rain doesnt come in unsanded. Im not sure if i should use the rain if it is going to dry looking uneven in color. uuugghhh!!! not sure what ro do here
Rain is top line
cupofkindnessgw
11 months agogtdj519
11 months agoSure cupofkindnessgw!!
i chose silver shadow grout color by laricrete . it is beautiful and turned out great for the blended look that i wanted the tiles are very pale blue- gray color. in the pics, thet just look gray, but they are blue in person. the grout was blue/ gray color and matched great
here you go!
gtdj519
11 months agolast modified: 11 months ago
Sammie J