Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: Brown tiles with contrasting grout pics please.. 5Jul 21, 2009 10:00 am Well I would suggest to my clients to use a dark grout if using a dark brown floor. Firstly do you want your eye drawn to the floor or not? Do you wish to make the floor look seamless? If you use such a contrast in colours your eyes will see the grout not the tile. Also a lighter grout (even when sealed) will still darken and deteriate in time. As the grout will stand out so much, so will the variation in the colour of the grout, the heavy traffic areas will be far more noticeable then the perimiter. See when some one comes in and use say a light coloured floor we always suggest a neutral grey as it tends to deteriate the least. A light coloured tile with a light tile will look great at first but in time it will not be so. In your case you have dark tiles and the grout will stand out even more - and so will any patchyness in colour of the grout in time. Charlie Re: Brown tiles with contrasting grout pics please.. 6Jul 21, 2009 10:58 am Thankyou very much for your informative reply Charlie, I am going to have a think about and also goolge tiling pics to try and make up my mind. I am considering a more seamless approach as you had described. Re: Brown tiles with contrasting grout pics please.. 7Jul 21, 2009 12:16 pm I'm sorry but I don't have pics either.... I did a bathroom with "mocha" coloured tiles which are like a cool medium brown. I picked a grout that looked exactly the same as the tiles and it turned out a few shades lighter when it dried and looked great. So I would go for the same colour just a couple/a few shades lighter. Re: Brown tiles with contrasting grout pics please.. 8Jul 21, 2009 3:02 pm As some others have suggested, I'd go with a grout similar to, but slightly lighter than the tiles. Possibly a beige or darker. I have samples of popular grout colours from Ardex/Dunlop who make premium grouts. Here's one that would go well with the average brown tile.... Ardex FG8, colour 280 Havana Also, suggest you keep grout joints to as narrow as your tiler can do with your tiles. Ash. Re: Brown tiles with contrasting grout pics please.. 9Jul 21, 2009 6:31 pm Hi Tillie, Our main bathroom, toilet & laundry are tiled in a chocolate brown and the grout matches nearly exactly (think it might've been called espresso?) . I love this look and it is SO easy to keep clean. Here are some pics. I have also included one of the ensuite where the tile is lighter; I matched the grout as close as I could and ended up with a light grey colour; it's not exact but blends in pretty well I think. In this first photo; notice the tiles on the side of the bath. There was too much builder's dust in the grout in the floor ones to show the true colour, it's actually much darker. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ this one is the ensuite Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ laundry Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ toilet Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Brown tiles with contrasting grout pics please.. 10Jul 22, 2009 11:37 am Thanks royalblue and donuts for your replies they are greatly appreciated I think it shall be safer to match the grout or just a shade lighter as suggested as I really do not want it to stand out and be a feature if that makes sense?? Thanks again for posting pics Donuts Re: Brown tiles with contrasting grout pics please.. 12Jul 23, 2009 9:05 pm Thanks SuH I appreciate your advice and this is what I will be asking for Re: Brown tiles with contrasting grout pics please.. 13Jul 23, 2009 9:17 pm this isnt the best pic we have brown and white tiles http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn99/MissyTJ76/Tags/house0514.jpg?t=1248347736 John, Tarin and the Kids Built and moving in to the Regent Grande with Masterton homes http://thebrownsaremovingtothecountry.blogspot.com Re: Brown tiles with contrasting grout pics please.. 14Jul 24, 2009 6:30 pm Thanks for posting the pic JohnAnd Tarin Re: Brown tiles with contrasting grout pics please.. 15Oct 24, 2009 1:22 pm Tillie Thankyou very much for your informative reply Charlie, I am going to have a think about and also goolge tiling pics to try and make up my mind. I am considering a more seamless approach as you had described. I have matched the dark tiles with dark grout as I didn't want the tiles to stand out and instead wanted to provide a warmer feel and more seamless approach. My tiles are not the highlight of the ensuite so therefore didn't choose a light grout colour. Instead our in-situ shower is the highlight of the ensuite as well as the vanity top. Hope that helps. Also, if you have a good colour consultant they will help you through this. Re: Brown tiles with contrasting grout pics please.. 16Oct 24, 2009 1:23 pm Donut you have provided some excellent examples. Thanks splashers, that makes sense. The waterproofing guy used this Davco product, I will raise the issue with builder and hopefully get resolved with him - if not… 2 12898 Hi everyone, Have just put a shower in the laundry and after only using it 2-3 times have noticed staining on the grout. 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