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Help with grout color selection for backsplash

Brian Hendricks
4 anni fa
Ultima modifica:4 anni fa

Hi all, Houzz community has been so helpful the past couple days. Our last decision for the project!

Please let me know which grout color you think works best for the space and tile. These are our final options. Either go light and create some contrast or dark and blend in. Not sure what works best. We like the Twilight Blue grout but could see a good case for the grays to highlight the tile a bit.


EDIT: Added Slate Gray, forgot about that one. It's a lighter blue-gray and added pics of the tile on the wall.


Sterling Silver


Smoke Gray


Twilight Blue


SLATE GRAY


Note: our cabinets are actually blue-gray, not white!





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  • Brian Hendricks
    Autore originale
    4 anni fa

    Different colors for different objectives.

    The con of the dark blue making the tile/wall look like it’s painted blue is a pro for us. We did same thing with our white tiles with white grout in another room so that the focus is on the wallpaper instead. Here, would like the focus to be on the color and the texture and not the pattern or see each individual block from afar. It’s such a small backsplash relatively speaking so hoping it looks like the a textured, shimmering dark blue wall.

    Not going to get consensus for sure :) my other thread about which layout to choose had some for each approach and think it worked out.

    Going to go with Twilight Blue. Will post pictures Friday or Monday depending on when our contractor can come back and do it.

    Commenti (25)

    • PRO
      Sativa McGee Designs
      4 anni fa

      Smoke Grey looks the best of these selections.

    • skmom
      4 anni fa

      I usually prefer a matching grout... but I think the smoke grey looks best here too. Ps, I ADORE your tiles!

    • Pam A
      4 anni fa

      Is this DIY or with tile pros? I ask because dark grout can be hard to have a consistent color, if they use too much water in the sponge when they wipe it clean they can accidentally pull the color from the top layer of grout. OTOH, if it's a pro and it winds up splotchy they will probably re-do the problem areas without question. Even with a light grout I had some areas that looked noticeably off in color & they redid those areas for me.

    • PRO
      Mandeville Canyon Designs
      4 anni fa

      I agree with Pam, it's harder for a DIYer to get the saturated color consistent. If it's a pro, I say go with the darker. It's a little more unusual and will allow the tile to stand as an entire design. It's also a little easier to clean behind the stove. Good luck!

    • Brian Hendricks
      Autore originale
      4 anni fa

      Added one more option: Slate Gray, which is more bluish-gray, in between Smoke Gray and Twilight Blue.


      This will be professionally applied.

    • parkerc01
      4 anni fa

      Looks like you're using Laticrete epoxy grout. The color should be very consistent. I used one of the darker taupes on my bathroom floor and there were zero issues. I do like the slate gray, but it just depends on how much contrast you want.

    • PRO
      Mandeville Canyon Designs
      4 anni fa

      Hi Brian,

      From the photo, the slate looks to have a little purple in it and your tile feels a bit more green blue. If the Slate has more brown undertones than that looks that would be fine. A cross between the two :)

    • skmom
      4 anni fa

      Ok, I changed my mind, I like the slate grey! We’ve done a lot of DIY tile jobs and have used a lot of dark colored grout, and we’ve dealt with the issues mentioned when too much water was added (and a grout pen saved the job!) but we’ve since found it’s worth it to use a grout additive to mix the grout instead of water. It gave us the consistent color, and apparently it’s supposed to help with any staining... so far I’ve been pleased with that aspect in the several years we’ve been using grout additives in lieu of water for mixing the grout.

    • Brian Hendricks
      Autore originale
      4 anni fa

      Hm. Ok. I think the lighting might be causing differences. Here’s some all together. The Slate Gray just seems like too light but not a different enough color either.

      Would like the tile to just blend in more than have lines so I think it’s between Slate Gray and Twilight Blue. The tiles are a dark navy blue, they aren’t green. That’s just the lighting I think.

    • herbflavor
      4 anni fa
      Ultima modifica: 4 anni fa

      Like the far right 2 dark browns in the package. Rich and interesting. Grays and light off whites? no. It's a warmer blue tile . 2nd brown from end .

    • J J
      4 anni fa

      following

    • cpartist
      4 anni fa

      Second to last pic, far left grout

    • Brian Hendricks
      Autore originale
      4 anni fa

      The variation in answers is fascinating :)


      I'm concerned no one has said the dark blue option (Twilight Blue) :) The grout spacing is minimized (1/16") so very small amount of grout. Prefer not to see lines and keep the focus on the tile texture/color as there's no pattern, just stacked.


    • herbflavor
      4 anni fa
      Ultima modifica: 4 anni fa

      No matter...the tile shading holds some brown in the blue.even better w .small grout line?..put a dark cocoa or earth brown of some sort. You have the sample package in your hand why don't you pull out the better shades. And it's not gray.

    • D Broder
      4 anni fa

      Twilight is stunning looking makes the tile color take center stage and be the star!!!

      The contrast colors make it look busy.

    • chicagopa
      4 anni fa

      Another vote for twilight blue

    • Bri Bosh
      4 anni fa

      Yup I’d go twilight blue as well.

    • PRO
      Sativa McGee Designs
      4 anni fa

      The problem with twilight blue is that it will make it look like a painted blue wall. And it will be just slightly a different shade than the tile.

      Make a section in the brown tones, preferably light brown tones or even white since you cabinets and countertop are bright white.

    • PRO
      Mandeville Canyon Designs
      4 anni fa

      Hi Brian I actually said go for the dark blue as long as a pro is installing. With the thin grout lines, it should be great!

    • felizlady
      4 anni fa

      Slate gray if you want to make the tile jump out.
      As close to the blue tile color as you can get if you want the tile to look almost solid.

    • seregiel
      4 anni fa

      Yes to slate gray or twilight blue.

    • PRO
      Sativa McGee Designs
      4 anni fa

      Twilight Blue sounds good as long as you want the simple look.

    • Yoyo Chan
      2 anni fa

      Hello! I’m deciding on my blue / green tile also and was just wondering what you picked in the end? Would love to see the end result :)

    • D Winstead
      l'anno scorso

      Hi Brian - Realized this is 3 years ago, but I'm in the midst of grout crises with some patterned denim/dark blue Spanish tile (with similar hue to yours) for my kitchen backsplash. Did you end up using the Twilight Blue? Would LOVE to see a pic of how it looked finished. Thanks!

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