It is advisable to seal travertine tile prior to grouting when using a darker colored grout.
Travertine tile grout color.
If a matching grout is used it just won t look like travertine.
It s a stone that gives your kitchen or bathroom backsplash floor or bath shower walls or surrounds an ancient roman look.
Grout in a darker color can be chosen to fill the holes and lines for contrast.
Travertine has a pitted mottled texture layering and an even light beige color.
Noce is a travertine with a delightful caramel brown color.
If you re wanting to contrast and go darker as patrick has suggested i would use 59 saddle brown.
There are many shades of brown available in travertine.
Iranian travertine offers light golden brown and cool light mocha brown.
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Unfortunately in this case it sounds like the darker grout did absorb into the travertine tiles and stained the travertine.
Other than the meek color it s not for the design faint of heart.
The color travertine you used is a pretty common color.
I use custom building products grouts 122 linen would be great product to blend with.
Travertine is more about texture than it is about wild coloration.
Both warm and cool and light and dark shades are found.