Hi! It's not so much the light to dark, but the whole other color palette you are changing too. If you are using beige travertine and it's adjacent to the bath I would use a different mosaic that incorporates that color or stone, and a beige color scheme instead of the white and gray. Maybe you can change the travertine color to the grayer Ocean travertine and then it might work. If not too dark, you can then continue the travertine into the bath and use it on the shower walls too with the mosaic. The Continental Slate in the beige shade is also very pretty mixed with a mosaic. The Asian Black in the Continental Slate is darker, and a more blue black color. The Strong is a softer charcoal that's a bit warmer in tone. Strong doesn't look that nice in the image they have of it online but it's very pretty in person, and also will provide good traction for wet feet.

Hey KSWL, I've been meaning to reply since you posted but have not been able to. After your description, I don't think "old Chicago" is what your looking for either. I used to say the same thing as everyone uses that particular term but as it turns out it was actually "old St. Louis" as what I had in mind as well. I used to have brick floors in my kitchen in my former house. They were not full brick but were pavers though they did have the look of reclaimed brick (I don't think they were shaved reclaims). I loved the look and had always wanted brick flooring in my house as that is flooring staple in Louisiana. However, I don't think mine were sealed properly. They never felt clean as it always felt like the individual sands of the grout were coming out. It broke my habit of walking barefoot on the floor. But again, I think this is because mine were not sealed properly (neither was the tile countertop). I currently have brick in my den similar in looks to Lynne's. It is from the fifties and it amazingly tough. I too though like Lynn would love to find a steamer that can really handle them. Like I said above, brick flooring is ubiquitous here. It is one of the go to flooring choices. Most use reclaimed brick which is my favorite. I am not sure what the prices are for "new" old brick now but if you look on Ebay there are usually pallets of reclaimed for sale at decent prices. The main point of my ramble was that if you find the right type of brick and it is installed and sealed properly they should be no problem. Hayes Town, the famous Louisiana architect used them almost exclusively along with heart pine and bluestone. The floors in his homes still look amazing today. He had a special beeswax finish that he used on them and swore by it. I don't have a good picture of my old floors but will try to get a couple my current floors and a couple of Hayes Town brick photos uploaded so you can see them.

I've seen a dark lilac kitchen in a house that I was really taken with (was country style kitchen) But as I was a guest there..it'd be inappropriate to take pics.. still remember it though. With affection:) Dark lilac is not navy of course-my point is, depending on a space, particular layout, size, light kitchen gets, house style, and your own aesthetic-everything has a potential to look darn good. Any color. Their kitchen had this slightly distessed look..probably helped with hiding imperfections Dings in my own kitchen drive me crazy, and it's a light color, not dark Depends on how is used too I suppose...some are very light on things, whatever they do, some(I won't name them but it is my husband) are like Terminators.. consider how you/your family lives, well to the best of what can be guessed in advance

Scratches super easily, super fragile floors. I regret looking at houzz and relying on those little reviews from 小红书🥹 Folks here beware as I’m only in the installation phase and can already tell how fragile these floors are. They are pretty but just not functional. It scratches more easily than other luxury vinyls. I have it in whirlpool color. It’s light and so the scratches are super obvious. They have nice ppl that work there but yeah the quality 🥺 Now I’m stuck with it.