Rustic Color Palette
The Rustic Color Palette includes all colors that are available for our Rustic and Arabesque Cement Tile lines including relief tiles, molding, and trim. Use the Rustic Palette for Rustic Cement Tiles offered in square and rectangular formats and Arabesque Cement Tiles in interlocking, geometric shapes. Your choice of color, size, format and finish will affect the final cost.
Table of Contents
Rustic Palette: Flash Color
Rustic Palette: Plain Colors
Rustic Palette: Color Blends
Rustic Color Palette Tips
There are two main color groups: plain or solid colors, and flash colors. Plain colors will exhibit slight variation in color that is clearly distinguishable from tile to tile; but, they will have all have the same shade. Flash colors provide moderate color variation and the amount of color may vary considerably from tile to tile. This variation in surface color provides a weathered, worn, or antiqued look to the tile. Additionally, blends of colors can be created using different colors and textures.
You'll notice many of the colors take their cues from the look they represent. Classic colors provide the classic look of clay bisque or terra cotta. Colors like Cotto Gold or Mission Red have the look of traditional clay bisque used to make Spanish pavers, terra cotta, and red clay tiles. Our Saltillo-looking tiles are a group of colors that provide the look of Saltillo. Our plain tiles provide a more contemporary color palette with colors like light gray, bone, and green. By the way, the term 'rustic' refers to the style of the cement tile. Rustic and Arabesque tiles are made with slightly irregular sizes, rough edges, facets and chips that make the tile appear weathered and aged. The amount of color shade variation is shown in parenthesis: V2, V3, or V4. Tiles designated as V2 exbibit slight color variation; V3 moderate; and V4 is random color variation.
Tile colors are shown with standard or smooth finish. We recommend installing with a 1/2" grout joint to accommodate the irregular edges and dimensions.
Rustic Palette Color Price Groups
The Rustic Palette is organized into three price groups: Classic, Premium and Signature. Blends of colors will fall in the the Signature price group. Blends of colors will fall in the the Signature price group. If you are using colors from two price groups to create a blend, the higher priced group will set the pricing for all the tiles in the blend.
Classic | Premium | Signature |
Cotto Dark Cotto Gold Tuscan Mustard |
Antique Gray Saltillo Saltillo Café Beachwood Flash Buff Café Olay Khaki City Hall Red Charcoal Brown Desert Desert 1 Flagstone Hacienda Hacienda Flash Mission Red Natural Gray Old California Plum Red Flash Rosa Rosa White Wash Sangria Sidewalk Gray Smoke Sonora Sunset Spanish Inn Red Used Desert Used Red |
Early Gray Spanish Cotto Saltillo Classico *Crémé Fraiche Montage Gray *Douro Blend El Segundo *Gray Mist Hermosa Blend Josie Blend Los Angeles Metro *Normandy Cream Ocean Green Dark Ocean Green Light *Portland Blend Rice Santa Monica Tres Grises *Urban *Winslet Blend *Blend comes with texture |
Rustic Color Blend Ratios
Saltillo Classico | Equal parts Saltillo, Desert 1, and Desert |
Crémé Fraiche | Hacienda body with all flash colors (Antique Gray, Saltillo, Saltillo Café, Beachwood Flash, Café Olay, Cotto Dark, Cotto Gold, Hacienda Flash, Red Flash, Sonora Sunset, and Tuscan Mustard). All vintage texture. |
Montage Gray | Equal parts Sidewalk Gray, Natural Gray, Early Gray, and Charcoal |
Douro Blend | Equal parts Rosa, Mission Red, and City Hall Red. All vintage texture. |
El Segundo | 80% Saltillo Café, 10% Buff, and 10% Brown |
Gray Mist | Hacienda body with Limestone Texture and a Gray Wash |
Hermosa | Tuscan Mustard with more extreme Lighter and Darker variations |
Josie Blend | Equal parts Tuscan Mustard, Cotto Gold, and Cotto Dark |
Los Angeles | Equal parts Mission Red (Light Red), Mission Red 677 (Medium Red), Mission Red 860 (Dark Red) |
Metro | Equal parts Brown, Natural Gray, Charcoal |
Normandy Cream | Equal parts Cotto Gold, Cotto Dark, Saltillo, Saltillo Café, Tuscan Mustard. All with vintage texture. |
Portland | Equal Parts Sidewalk Gray, Natural Gray, and Charcoal. All vintage texture. |
Santa Monica | Equal parts Mission Red, Natural Gray, Hacienda, Hacienda Flash, Cotto Gold, and Cotto Dark |
Spanish Cotto | 80% Cotto Dark, 20% Cotto Gold |
Tres Grises | Equal parts Sidewalk Gray, Natural Gray, and Early Gray |
Winslet Blend | Equal Parts Gray Mist and Hacienda Limestone |
Rustic Textures
Surface finishes like Travertine, Limestone, and Luna can be applied for additional vintage effects.
Limestone Texture |
Luna Texture |
Travertine Texture |
Smooth Texture |
Standard (Smooth) | Standard does not need to be specified unless texture(s) is/are requested. |
Limestone | Features an organic, weathered appearance and generally lightens the original color. |
Travertine | Adds a rustic pitted surface. |
Luna | Our most distressed texture, inspired by the craters, seas and valleys of the moon. |
Vintage | Pieces feature a blend of Standard, Limestone, Travertine and Luna Texture. |
Sandblast/ Acid Wash | Exposed aggregate from fine to large. |
Used | Adds White and Black Accents to any base color. Example is Used Red. |