extraordinary tiles
handmade in France
random designs
It’s also worth bearing in mind that if you intend to use border tiles as part of a random
colour pattern, this is by far the easiest way to work out how many of each colour you will
need.
These are ready-made, random designs, 12 tiles long, that can safely be duplicated again
and again - you simply need to plug in your own choice of colours. It is hard to make a
design look random with too few colours, so the examples below are for selections of 5, 6
or 7 colours - 5 really is the minimum. For each there are 2 designs - one using roughly
equal numbers of all the colours and another using 2 of the colours as contrasts. There are
brushwork and brick versions too, so something for everyone. Again, don’t take any notice
of the colours in this section - it’s the layout that’s important.
Tile colours and numbers here
are the same as for the square
tiles above (excluding the half-
brick ends).
Click on these tiles for the names.
Tile colours and numbers here
are the same as for the square
tiles above (excluding the half-
brick ends).
Click on these tiles for the names.
Tile colours and numbers here
are the same as for the square
tiles above (excluding the half-
brick ends).
Click on these tiles for the names.
Tile colours and numbers here
are the same as for the square
tiles above (excluding the half-
brick ends).
Click on these tiles for the names.
Click on these tiles for the names.
Tile colours and numbers here
are the same as for the square
tiles above (excluding the half-
brick ends).
Tile colours and numbers here
are the same as for the square
tiles above (excluding the half-
brick ends).
Click on these tiles for the names.
x 10
x 11
x 9
x 9
x 9
x 13
x 13
x 14
x 4
x 4
x 8
x 7
x 8
x 8
x 8
x 9
x 10
x 4
x 10
x 10
x 4
x 10
x 6
x 7
x 7
x 7
x 7
x 7
x 7
x 4
x 8
x 8
x 8
x 9
x 4
x 7
5 colours in equal numbers
5 colours, 2 of them highlights
7 colours in equal numbers
7 colours, 2 of them highlights
6 colours, 2 of them highlights
6 colours in equal numbers