Which black subway tiles are ceramic?
Midnight, Noir and Ebony are the black ceramic subway tiles here. Midnight is a glossy black in 3x6 and 4x12 at 3/8 inch, and the supplier describes its glaze as having a zellige look, with the depth of handmade tile in a regular ceramic body. Noir is a 4x12 at 15/64 inch, thinner than Midnight, and it comes in both glossy and matte in the same black. Ebony is a 3x6 in a multi finish. All three carry listings for shower walls, interior walls, backsplashes and light floors. More ceramic subway in every color is in subway tiles.
Glossy, matte, satin or multi finish?
Four finishes show up in black. Glossy covers Midnight, Noir glossy and the glazed terracotta and zellige pieces, and matte is the Noir matte 4x12, a flat black with no shine. Satin is the Santorini glass, a soft sheen between the two, and Ebony has a multi finish face. A glossy black shows every reflection in the glaze, and a matte black reads flat and graphic.
Satin glass
Santorini is the black glass subway tile here, with a satin face in 2x6 and 3x9, both 3/8 inch thick. Both sizes are listed for shower walls, interior walls and backsplashes, in the same satin black, and neither has a floor listing. The 2x6 is the same size as the Urban Ebony zellige, and the 3x9 is the longest black glass piece here. More glass tile in other colors is in glass tiles.
Handmade zellige and glazed terracotta
Urban Ebony is a handmade black zellige in 2x6, a glossy piece at 5/8 inch, thicker than any of the ceramic, and it is the black subway piece here listed for shower floors. Glazed terracotta gives a black subway tile a clay body under a deep glossy glaze: Karasuba, Woody Brown and Blue Note come in 2 3/4x9 3/4 at 3/4 inch thick and are listed in the black color group. Karasuba and Woody Brown are listed for commercial interior walls, and Blue Note for residential interior walls. More glazed clay tile is in glazed terracotta tiles.
Which sizes come in black subway tile?
The sizes run from slim to long. The 2x6 comes as Santorini satin glass and Urban Ebony zellige, and the 3x6 as Midnight and Ebony ceramic. The 3x9 is the longer Santorini glass, and the 4x12 comes as Midnight glossy and Noir in glossy and matte. The glazed terracotta pieces are 2 3/4x9 3/4.
How do the tiles differ up close?
The black tiles here differ in surface as much as in finish. Midnight's 4x12 is described by the supplier as having a zellige look, with an artisan-crafted depth in the glaze. Noir matte is a black ceramic with an elongated rectangular shape. Santorini is black glass with a satin face, and Karasuba is glazed over an authentic terracotta body. Woody Brown, though listed in the black color group, is described by the supplier as a deep woody brown glaze.
From thinnest to thickest
Thickness varies widely among the black subway tiles here. Noir is the thinnest at 15/64 inch, Midnight, Ebony and the Santorini glass are 3/8 inch, Urban Ebony zellige is 5/8 inch, and the Karasuba, Woody Brown and Blue Note glazed terracotta pieces are 3/4 inch.
Where is each black subway tile listed?
Midnight, Noir, Ebony and Santorini carry the widest listings here, for shower walls, interior walls and backsplashes, and the ceramic three also for light floors. Urban Ebony zellige is listed for shower floors. The glazed terracotta pieces are listed for interior walls only. For a whole black bathroom, see black bathroom tiles, and for the kitchen, kitchen backsplash tiles.
