Light Terracotta Tiles

Terra cotta is one of the oldest tile materials around dating back before the birth of christ when it was sun dried rather than oven fired.

Light terracotta tiles.

People often use it glazed or unglazed when they want a rustic weathered look. Terracotta matches well with dark gray but above all in my opinion with a lighter gray for a more sober elegant and luminous effect. The result of combining these two colors is very contemporary and elegant perhaps easier to dose than others. Orange terracotta and one blue terracotta can also be found in desert pyramids.

Antique saltillo is a hybrid of traditional and manganese finishes. Red orange yellow brown white light gray and uncolored terracotta can be found naturally in badlands biomes which yield massive amounts of terracotta. In this case terracotta helps to warm a cold color like gray. Charcoal walls are very now with old terra cotta tile or terra cotta upholstery and a stretch of terra cotta carpet over wood or polished concrete floors.

See our installation gallery for photos or contact us to request photos and samples. Terracotta translates from italian as baked earth and as a category of ceramic tile it refers to tiles created from a particularly porous and easily shaped clay with a high iron content that gives the tiles their characteristic reddish brown color. Light blue is found in warm underwater ruins. A loft with industrial cement walls in light variegated concrete grays is saved from severity by warm terra cotta.

Terracotta is fired at a relatively low temperature 600 to 1 000 degrees fahrenheit and its surface remains quite porous unless it is glazed. Antique saltillo tile has texture on the surface and is rubbed sealed with manganese dioxide to give it an old world look.