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What you combine black tiles with is just as important as the tile itself. It is true that black tiles on their own provide a stunning backdrop but to make the most of this, combining them with the right colours and styles is highly significant to the overall decor. For an effective contrast in bathrooms, black tiles work well with white bath panels and sinks. Likewise, wood effect or genuine wood units in kitchens are also popular with black tiles. Black colours can actually appear rather differently depending on what the material of the tile is. In the case of engineered porcelain and ceramic, the black can be accentuated by a glaze or high gloss finish. It is a shade which can only be described as jet black as it is the manufacturers aim to make the tile as black as possible. Quartz black tiles are the same yet they have a twist, with a surface covered in sparkly mirror particles. I suppose the closest natural stone tile to the engineered black colour shown in the likes of porcelain and ceramic is that of granite. Polished black granite tiles have an emphatic colour and furthermore the crystalline quality is enhanced. In contrast slate with its matt finish has a less distinctive black colour as it appears more like a dark grey shade.