--- title: Color, color, color description: Color, color, color image: http://cartophilia.com/blog/uploaded_images/california1-722649.jpg --- - [**](https://www.pinterest.com/cletile/) - [**](https://www.facebook.com/Tilevera/) - [**](https://twitter.com/cletile) - [**](https://www.instagram.com/cletile/?hl=en) [![cle tile logo](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cletile_March2016/logos/cle-logo-new.png?width=444&name=cle-logo-new.png "cle tile logo")](http://www.cletile.com/) [** search](http://www.cletile.com/search) [** ](https://info.cletile.com/blog-test/tile_envy/color-color-color/#sidr) ## Shop by Collection ### Browse [** search](http://www.cletile.com/search) # Color, color, color 04 November 2009 When I first came to Sunny California, I had just left Colorado, escaping from my modeling agent in Denver. This was about 20 years ago and I still get pangs of guilt when I think about never turning up at the new agency in San Francisco. Instead, I went in search for a job at a tile showroom. I loved fashion and I loved tile. However, being a model was not my idea of loving fashion. But working in a tile showroom, believe it or not, was something I really enjoyed about tile. Sunny California!! ![Sunny California](http://cartophilia.com/blog/uploaded_images/california1-722649.jpg "sunny california") I quickly found work at a small tile boutique called Chic Tile, run by a very chic French woman named Annick (pronounced Ah-neek). Everyone called her Annick from Chic. Her tiny showroom was unusual in that it was set up by color - maroons/reds, greens, blues, whites, blacks etc. People loved that. That was before today where shoppers are more in tune with their individual life style identifications. [![Color, color, color](http://www.faceters.com/askjeff/images/color_wheel1.jpg "Color wheel")](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.faceters.com/askjeff/images/color_wheel1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.faceters.com/askjeff/answer52.shtml&h=400&w=405&sz=35&tbnid=F9lYODRiYfQbdM:&tbnh=122&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcolor%2Bwheel%2Bchart&usg=__umi3FcoKQoSaYrq0mIn8rJmGx6E=&ei=5FjwSpHJI4_2sgPeyOXwBQ&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=9&ct=image&ved=0CCAQ9QEwCA) Shoppers would wander around with their fabrics, and wallpapers - swatches of carpets etc. To be able to walk into a showroom where everything was by color was a dream to clients and their designers. [gallery] Remembering that tiny showroom, I thought it would be fun to start exploring some of our favorite tiles- by COLOR. The next few posts you will be reading will be based on some of my favorite tile colors right now- colors that are classics as well as colors that are trendy. But as I said- I'm going to be looking for help. So give me some help here- start first by looking at your favorite tiles- by color - and help me populate these posts with your favorites. I want our readers to start to see why we all love tile so much. If you have fallen out of your crush on tile- beaten up by the economy, petulant shoppers, and always looking at the bottom line- never fear- it doesn't last for long. Not if you focus on tiles as an art-ful product. Annick no longer owns Chic tile, but she still works with tile, and I still get to see her often (Happy Birthday!), and remember those early days peddling tiles- before there were art tiles. (Do any of you remember Latco?? ) As a matter-of-fact, it's really hard to find someone who once worked with tile- who has been able to escape its mysterious powers of attraction. If you're reading this blog- you know what I mean, don't you!!?? Share [**](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://info.cletile.com/blog-test/tile_envy/color-color-color/) [**](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https://info.cletile.com/blog-test/tile_envy/color-color-color/&url=https://info.cletile.com/blog-test/tile_envy/color-color-color//&source=tweetbutton) [Houzz](https://www.houzz.com) [**](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.cletile.com%2Fblog-test&media=http://cartophilia.com/blog/uploaded_images/california1-722649.jpg) [**Previous Post](https://info.cletile.com/blog-test/tile_envy/our-tile-conversation/) [**Next Post](https://info.cletile.com/blog-test/tile_envy/the-white-album-intro/) ### Related Posts ### COMPANY ### BLOGS ### CONTACT phone 415-887-9011 office hours M-F 8:00 am - 5:00 pm pt [send us an email ](https://info.cletile.com/contact-us) ### the clé inside scoop