grout colour dilemma grey or cream - kitchen wall tiles!

bargainbasement

Getting my kitchen walls tiled on Tues and cant decide on the grout colour. My worktops are like this http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=9296324&fh_location=//catal!!!1/en_GB/categories<{9372014}/categories<{9372039}/categories<{9372151}/specificationsProductType=laminate_worktops/specificationsSpecificProductType=worktops and i am getting square tiles in dark grey and light grey which will be mixed up on the wall. I am thinking of going for a grey grout rather than the usual cream as i think cream will spoil the effect of the grey mix. I could really do with someones opinion, I have my poor tiler driven crackers. As i type this i am thinking of just going grey!

Thanks

keystone

White.

Cheers

bargainbasement

oh no! It sounds a very definite answer can I ask is this from experience?

keystone

Well you asked for an opinion.:D Cream won't work visually with grey tiles. You have grey tiles with a dark worktop. You need some contrast in your visual effect. What does your tiler suggest?

Cheers

bargainbasement

he said he will try to mock up both colours for me to decide. He said grey, I dont really want them to stand out loads as i think they will look like a checkerboard which i dont want. I really want the effect of the colours of the worktop blending into the tiles and i think the cream will detract from this... They are just going to be splashback and window ledge and my walls are lemon (not really sure if this helps!)

MaggieBaking

What are the tiles - do you have a pic? Will there be any other cream in the kitchen?

I am also thinking white - or a very subtle grey if you must.

27col

Grey grouting is always going to look like dirty white grouting.

Mayflower10cat

Pale grey! We have some dark blue/turquoise/ coloured mosaic tiles as an edging around our cooker, with deep turquoise tiles in the recess. The tiler said he'd suggest a pale grey grout and I wasn't sure, so he did a mock up with white to show me and it looked really harsh. The pale grey looks much better and 'softer'.

Auntie-Dolly

We have dark grey floor tiles & our tiler recommended grey grout & it looks great - not like it's dirty at all. I didn't want the grout to be noticeable so went with his suggestion & I'm glad I did.

devotee

Grey, white will end up looking dirty anyway.

loracan1

Grey looks okay on floors, it'd never stay white - but walls...white.