Tag: grout color

  • Fleur-de-Louisiana: A Study in Subtle Colors

    Fleur-de-Louisiana: A Study in Subtle Colors

    Artist Sharon Thomassie emailed me a photo of her mosaic in progress and asked for advice about choosing color(s) for the background.

  • White Grout Case Study

    White Grout Case Study

    Artist Mark Eibes‘ hummingbird mosaic is figurative art made from (mostly) whole tile, and it makes a great case study for deciding if you should use white grout for your mosaic artwork. Mark wasn’t satisfied with the white grout, and so I explained how the grout of dry indoor mosaics can be stained by with…

  • Student Mosaics & Black Grout

    Student Mosaics & Black Grout

    The mosaics in this article are mostly student work and use a wider grout gap than I recommend. The most-helpful tip about grout color is to use smaller grout gaps: The smaller the grout gap, the less impact grout has on the image and its colors. The process of grouting is also easier with a…