Blue Floor Tiles

What blue floor tiles covers

This collection gathers every tile on the site that carries both the blue colour tag and the floor tile application tag. It is a small page, and the listings come from six ranges: Tamarama, Alicante, Airlie, Theo, Meander and Cottesloe. Four of them are small square patterned or terrazzo tiles, one is a fish scale, and one is a honed marble mosaic. Sizes run from a 23mm penny round to a 316 x 316mm square. Sizes, finishes and slip ratings sit on each listing, so this guide stays with what the listings print and with how blue behaves on a floor.

Two sister pages cover the same ground from other angles. Blue tiles holds the colour across walls and floors, including the shades and formats that do not carry the floor tag, and floor tiles holds the use across every colour. The tiles hub links every category on the site. For a wet room, bathroom tiles adds the wall view. The same floor view in other colours is at white floor tiles, grey floor tiles, green floor tiles, beige floor tiles and black floor tiles.

One caution applies to the whole page. The floor tag is applied to tiles whose listings describe themselves differently. One terrazzo prints a slip rating of P1, and its own copy and its area line do not agree about indoor and outdoor use. Read the slip, wear and area lines on the tile you like before it goes on a floor plan. The sections below show where each listing sits.

Shades of blue on a floor

A US tile retailer's blue tile ideas describe light blues, such as powder, sky and pale aqua, as bringing openness and calm, and deep blues, such as navy, cobalt and indigo, as bringing depth. A UK tile retailer says soft cool tones open up a small space, while deeper shades give a feature wall something to look at. The listings here run from soft to mid to dark: Blue, Mid Blue, Dark Blue, Heathcote, Blue Sandstone and New York Stone.

On a floor, the choice between light and deep matters more than on a wall, because the floor is the largest surface in most rooms. The UK retailer suggests that dark blue in a small room works best as a single feature in navy or teal with the rest of the room pale. The same logic applies underfoot: a deep blue floor is the feature, and the walls and fittings stay pale. The US retailer adds that blue does not necessarily make a space feel smaller, which answers a common worry about dark floors in small rooms.

A UK bathroom retailer's palette guide describes how light changes blue. Natural light shows blue vividly, warm lighting softens it, and cool lighting brings out grey-blue pairings. A sample laid in the room at the times of day it is used shows more than a photograph does.

Materials: porcelain and marble

The UK tile retailer says glazed porcelain and ceramic cope with wear and heat, so they suit splashbacks and floors, and that porcelain is dense and low in porosity for wet areas. Every tile on this page prints porcelain as the material except Cottesloe, which is natural marble. Tamarama and Alicante are glazed porcelain. Airlie, Meander and Theo are porcelain too, and Theo's listing says glazed. The porcelain listings print Easy to clean, and Theo adds that no sealing is required.

The Cottesloe listings are honed marble mosaics. Their copy calls them delicate, sophisticated and subtle, and the listing prints substantial variation in colour and texture, which it calls a unique appearance. That variation is the point of choosing a stone mosaic, and it is why the Cottesloe floor will not match a photograph tile for tile.

Tamarama and Alicante: pattern tiles

Tamarama is a modern take on a classic encaustic pattern, Australian made, with a matte finish and a cushioned edge. The Blue listing is a 300 x 300mm porcelain tile, 6.3mm thick. It prints P3 with a note recommending P3 or greater for wet areas such as bathrooms, kitchens and laundries. Its wear line reads 4, described as suitable for floors in normal use areas with low risk of scratching, and its area line reads indoors and covered outdoor areas. The listing describes the appearance as uniform, with minimal to no texture or colour variation.

Alicante is a federation style range. It is described as Spanish made, with the old world charm of traditional tessellated mosaics and the practicality of glazed porcelain. The Heathcote listing is 316 x 316mm and 9mm thick, matte, with a cushioned edge. It prints P3/R10, which the listing calls moderate to high slip risk and suitable for flooring in dry areas, and its area line reads indoors dry and covered outdoor areas. Its wear line reads 4. The patterned tiles page shows the wider family of pattern tiles.

Both listings recommend pairing the tiles with underfloor heating for a warmer, drier floor, and both recommend ordering extra tiles over the measured area for cuts and waste. A geometric pattern floor in blue is a feature floor. The NC Tiles palette guide lists geometric and Moroccan patterns among the ways to bring blue into a room, and it suggests layering shades of blue.

Airlie: traditional pattern in two blues

Airlie is described as traditional patterned tiles that are simple, with understated patterns. The two blue listings are Mid Blue and Dark Blue, each a 200 x 200mm matte porcelain with a cushioned edge, about 8mm thick. Both print P3, described as moderate slip risk, a wear rating of 4, and an application of wall and floor, with a non-rectified edge. The box quantity is printed as 25 pieces, and the pattern appearance is V1.

The two listings give a choice of depth on the same pattern. A mid blue keeps a small room open, and a dark blue makes the floor the feature. Because both are non-rectified, the grout line is wider than on a rectified tile, and the listings recommend ordering extra for cuts. The 200 x 200mm tiles page shows the same format in other ranges and colours.

Meander: fish scale

Meander brings classic fish scale curves in a 200 x 200mm glazed porcelain with a calm matte finish. Its copy lists kitchens, bathrooms and laundries among the rooms it suits. The two blue listings print P3 described as moderate to high slip risk and suitable for flooring in dry areas, a wear rating of 4, and an area line of indoors and covered outdoor areas. The edge is non-rectified, and the recommended gap is over 3mm, which is wider than the 1.5mm to 3mm that rectified tiles on the site print.

The texture line reads flat, smooth finish, and the appearance reads V2, slight variation to pattern and finish. For a bathroom floor, the dry area line is the one to weigh: P3 for dry areas is a rating for a floor that stays dry, not for a shower floor. The 200 x 200mm tiles page also lists the format across the site.

Theo: blue terrazzo

Theo is a smooth matte terrazzo with a contrasting grain, and its own copy recommends pairing it with the Theo textured subway on the walls. The Blue listing is a 200 x 200mm glazed porcelain, 10mm thick, with a rectified edge and a recommended gap of 1.5mm to 3mm. Its feel line reads soft and silky with minimal to no texture. Its look line reads some colour variation with reflections in the stone chips.

The listing needs a careful read. The slip line prints P1, which is the lowest rating printed anywhere on this page. The area line prints Indoors. The suitability lines in the copy say walls and floors, indoors and outdoors, and pool waterline. Those lines disagree, and the page states them as printed. For a floor, the slip line is the one to weigh. The terrazzo look tiles page shows other terrazzo ranges with higher printed ratings.

Cottesloe: honed marble mosaics

The marble look tiles page covers the look, and Cottesloe is the real marble in it. The blue listings are a Blue Sandstone penny round in 23mm, a New York Stone penny round in 23mm, and a Blue Sandstone herringbone in 35 x 150mm. The range is described as six subtle marbles in either the penny round or the herringbone. The herringbone listing calls the colour a moody blue sandstone marble with a honed finish.

All three print a wear rating of 4, suitable for floors in normal use areas with low risk of scratching. The herringbone listing adds that it suits wall and floor surfaces exposed to heavy duty wear by regular traffic with normal footwear, and names entrances, laundries and patios. It notes that installation must be carried out by a licensed tiler, and it says the sharp edge tiles allow fine grout lines of 3mm or less. None of the three prints a slip rating, so confirm one before using them in a wet area. The penny round tiles and mosaic tiles pages show other mosaic options.

Slip ratings and wear lines

Listings print slip ratings under the P system from P1 to P5 and the R system. On this page, P3 appears on Tamarama, Alicante, Airlie and Meander, with Alicante adding R10. Theo prints P1. Cottesloe prints no slip line. Wear lines are more uniform: every listing here prints 4, described as suitable for floors in normal use areas with low risk of scratching.

The area lines differ. Tamarama and Meander print indoors and covered outdoor areas. Alicante prints indoors dry and covered outdoor areas. Theo prints Indoors. Alicante and Meander are described as suitable for flooring in dry areas, which is the phrase to weigh for a bathroom. Where the area line and the room do not match, pick a different tile.

The Tamarama listing carries the clearest wet area note on the page, recommending P3 or greater for bathrooms, kitchens and laundries. The Alicante and Meander dry area line reads the other way, so two P3 tiles on this page are described differently depending on the listing.

Pairing a blue floor with the rest of the room

The NC Tiles palette guide pairs blue with white, grey, gold, cream, green and black. It suggests a 60-30-10 split, with 60 percent neutral base, 30 percent blue tiles and 10 percent accent such as fixtures. On a floor, the tiles can be the 30 percent or the whole feature, with white or cream walls as the base.

The same guide says brushed brass and chrome lift darker blues, chrome suits lighter blues in coastal and traditional looks, and matt black pairs with mid-blue for a modern look. The US retailer lists warm woods, natural stone, marble and brushed metals as companions for blue, and pairs it with white and cream, brass and black accents. For a bathroom, that means a pale vanity and brass or chrome fittings over a blue floor.

Several searches that reach this page ask about blue and white and blue and grey floors. The white floor tiles and grey floor tiles pages show the companion floors.

Rooms and the ratings

The US retailer describes soft, spa-like blues for bathrooms and deep blues for showers and vanities, and in kitchens it uses light blue as a neutral backdrop with natural wood, with darker blue as contrast against white. The UK retailer says blue suits any bathroom size. On this page, the listings line up with those rooms through their printed lines. A bathroom floor that stays dry can take Alicante, Meander, Tamarama or Airlie, and a bathroom or laundry that gets wet needs a rating confirmed first. A hallway or entry can take the Cottesloe herringbone, whose listing names entrances and laundries. Theo, at P1, is the listing to check before any floor use.

The kitchen tiles and outdoor tiles pages hold the wider lists for those rooms. Each listing here still needs its own slip, wear and area lines checked.

Style: what each range suggests

The ranges here lean traditional or nostalgic. Alicante is described with old world charm. Airlie is a traditional pattern. Meander is described as blending nostalgic charm with easy modern style. Tamarama is a modern take on a classic encaustic pattern, and Theo is a modern terrazzo. The US retailer lists soft and airy, classic navy, artisanal handcrafted and textured and dimensional among the blue styles, and the pattern tiles here sit closest to classic navy and artisanal, with matte finishes that keep them quiet.

The UK palette guide suggests layering shades of blue, and the two Airlie listings make that easy on one pattern. A mid blue on the floor with a dark blue on a feature area is one way to use both. The same guide says geometric and Moroccan patterns suit blue, which is the reason the Alicante and Tamarama pattern floors read as feature floors.

Grout and layout

Rectified listings on this page, such as Theo, print a recommended gap of 1.5mm to 3mm. Non-rectified and cushioned edge tiles such as Tamarama, Alicante, Airlie and Meander have a softer edge, and Meander prints a gap of over 3mm. The US retailer lists offset, vertical stack, straight-set and herringbone as layouts for blue, and the herringbone is the one Cottesloe is cut for.

A white or light grout draws a pattern, and a blue or tonal grout keeps it calm. On a patterned floor like Tamarama or Alicante, a lighter grout shows the pattern, and a tonal grout lets the tile colour carry the floor. Sample boards laid with grout settle it faster than reading about it.

Choosing a size

The formats here are small. The 300 x 300mm tiles page covers Tamarama's size across every colour. Airlie, Meander and Theo are 200 x 200mm, Alicante is 316 x 316mm and Cottesloe is a mosaic. There is no large format blue tile with the floor tag at the moment, so a blue floor on this page will have more grout lines than a 600 x 600mm floor, which is part of the look. Deeper and larger blues sit on the blue tiles page, where the application line on each listing says whether it suits a floor.

Cleaning and care

Most listings print Easy to clean. The US retailer recommends a non-abrasive household cleaner, sealed grout in showers and splashbacks, and notes that gloss wipes clean while matte needs slightly more attention. Every tile here is matte or honed, so the matte note applies. The Cottesloe marble is natural stone, so the care line on the listing is the one to follow. Many listings suggest pairing tiles with underfloor heating for a warmer, drier floor, and recommend ordering extra tiles over the measured area for cuts and waste.

Samples and ordering

Blue changes with light and with its neighbours, so a sample laid in the room settles the shade. The range pages linked above show each collection's other colours and formats, and the blue tiles page shows wall and floor tiles in the colour together.