Cork Floor Tiles - Pattern, Shading, and Color

Cork floor tiles are a unique and decorative floor covering material and a great choice for any room in your home or office. Cork floor tiles are finished (whether natural or in color), in the same manner as any hardwood floor (installed and then the urethane applied). They are warm, durable and flexible. However, being a natural product, cork floor tiles show variations in structure, color, and shades from tile to tile. This variation can also exist within the same production of a single pattern or design.

The diversity in the characteristics of cork floor tiles is regarded as a part of the nature of the material. No two floor tiles are exactly alike. As a result, it is understood that these features are accepted and amount to no grounds for any claims regarding warranty or replacement.

Cork floor tiles feature diverse patterns in every single tile - whorls of speckled patterns giving each installed floor an individual look. Every cork floor tile has is unique . Moreover, different styles of tile can be intermixed for a variety of patterns. To achieve a unified appearance in your floor, we advise that you select a mixture of planks from various packs.

Being a natural material, cork floor tiles will also have color variation. However, this can prove to be an advantage, allowing for a creative approach in the overall design. Cork floor tiles are available in a vast range of colors from golden yellow (lighter tone) to nut brown (darker tone). Most of the time, cork floor tiles vary in shade, and are thus sorted into average shade groups of light, medium, and dark. And while these natural differences in shade occur from tile to tile, sorting is done to avoid any dramatic shade differences in a floor.

On other note, color change may also be expected as the cork floor tiles can fade due to exposure to sunlight. That's why cork flooring is not recommended for areas of high sun. Fortunately, the coloring and design patterns of cork flooring disguise most scratches and other common floor surface defects. The coloring will also make an otherwise dirty floor appear perfectly clean.