clé notes

continuing our exploration of clé's winter white collection—our extraordinary, expansive and passionately curated collection of white tile—we examine how different materials express different facets of white.

What is white? It seems like a straightforward question, but in the world of tile, it turns out, the answer is anything but simple. In every discussion of white, you'll find "experts" who opine that it's not a color at all, but rather the absence of color. That couldn't be further from the truth. In reality, every color we see is a product of light – the part of the spectrum an object's surface most reflects determines what color we perceive it to be.

we've spent the last few posts looking at the surprisingly diverse world of white tile at clé – a wide-ranging collection we've dubbed winter white—and talking about how different types of tile express different aspects of this perennially popular hue.

at clé, our passion for white tile knows no bounds, ranging from the functional to the fantastical and everything in between. in previous posts, we've introduced our unparalleled collection of white tile, a curation we’ve dubbed winter white, looked at the fine points of ceramic, terracotta, cement, stone and more, and explored the many factors influencing the decision of which kind of tile to use.

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