Choosing tile grout colors.
What color grout with black and white tile.
You aren t just stuck with gray or white grout anymore.
Most often grout comes in simple earthy colors.
Here s how you can choose and use these colors.
Black fades into the background and your eye skips over it.
You can even have white subway tiles with aquamarine blue grout if you desire.
Others are available as well depending on what you need.
As you can see here the mosaic tile also accentuates the niche in the shower tub area.
Simple guide to getting it right.
In addition to those shades of beige brown gray and mossy green are frequently used.
A light grout will make your tile pattern stand out and add even more interest.
Two of the most common grout colors are black and white.
Different grout colors for tile can produce startling contrasts or smooth out and make a design more cohesive depending on your tile and grout choices so do your research thoroughly.
For the white subway tile on the shower walls i selected a white slightly off white grout and for the marble basketweave floors i selected the closest color match to the color of the stone.
It will also add a nice contrast against the white subway tile but won t be as punch worthy.
White grout will get yellow brown with age and stand out.
In this floor tile the black is what stands out to the eye but the white portions are more toward the edges of the tile so a light grout is the more effective choice a dark grout would chop the pattern up too much.
It gives this bathroom element a sense so that it becomes more visible.
A dark gray that matches your countertops will also look awesome but i did a white hex tile with black grout it gets many compliments it looks awesome but it is visually busy so it is something i think about and may get sick of in the future.
The importance of tile grout colors lies in the fact that they can add a dramatic effect to the final look of newly installed tiles or unify the tiles to give the appearance of one large space.
I would use black grout though.
The previous rules are essentially the same when you re dealing with black or colored tile.
It is the use of glass mosaic tiles as the pair of combinations between 3 6 white subway tile and white grout.
If you want to create a pop but in a less drastic way than you would get with black grout a light gray grout or medium gray grout is the way to go.