Black Is the Bathroom Tile Colour Readers Reject Most; Grey Is Merely Ignored
Bathrooms · Same-article index
index for black and charcoal bathroom tile (100 = average for the article)
Source: Statwren, Is Grey Bathroom Tile Done? (2026). Positive reactions per view compared with other bathrooms in the same article, homestratosphere.com, Aug 30 to Sep 28, 2026. 831 tagged bathrooms, 290,720 views.
On a naive first pass grey tile looked like a disaster, indexing 30. Most of its views came from articles about bathroom mistakes, which draw fewer reactions whatever is pictured. Compared fairly against the bathrooms beside it, grey rises to 85: below average, but with an interval that includes average.
Black and charcoal tile is different. It trails on approval and leads on rejection, with a thumbs-down index of 157. Light neutrals lead at 123 and held up in both halves of the month.
The full report shows which other first-pass findings were article effects rather than real preferences, including double vanities and chrome fixtures.
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