It s super hard wearing and affordable.
Wood look tile with dark grout.
Using this method allows the grout joint to become a shadow in between the planks which creates a more natural wood look.
Darker grout tends to hide this.
Match your grout to the darkest color in your wood look floor tile.
April 27 2017 by wodson this wood look tile with dark grout graphic has 17 dominated colors which include thamar black tin bud steel worn wooden silver sunny pavement bavarian sweet mustard snowflake namakabe brown kettleman vapour white calcareous sinter honeydew ivory lovely euphoric delight.
We just went through this and i changed to two shades darker than the majority shade.
Try before you buy.
Satori sedona silver oak 6 in x 36 in matte porcelain wood look floor tile.
Many times the actual grout color looks different than the sample swab or stick you may have used to choose the grout.
Over time the grout will naturally darken with the wear and tear of everyday traffic.
Many of the wood look tiles available have rectified edges which means that their edges are very straight and consistent.
If you have two of the darker shaded tile edges side by side a light grout line between them screams that it s tile not wood.
Porcelain is considered the best choice.
Plus it won t draw attention to itself set against your tile.
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.
I probably should have gone slightly darker yet but most people can t believe it s tile and not wood.
These tiles also have a lot of nooks and crannies that can hold excess grout and must be cleaned out during installation.
Precise edges mean that the grout joint can be smaller so wood look tile can have a grout joint as narrow as 3 16 of an inch.
Of course this may not be your personal preference which is okay too.
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5 when you re choosing a grout color find the darkest color in your tile and chose one shade deeper for your grout color.
To achieve a true genuine wood look the grout lines must blend seamlessly or else it just reverts back to the standard tile and grout look.
However matching grout colors exactly to a tile is very difficult.
Typically customers looking for a wood appearance also want a dark grout that will better simulate a wood floor.
Yes wood look tile does require grout.
As cf said real wood floors have dark between them.