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.