Ideally , I'd want to see the whole house , and see other styles and colours and themes already utilised , rather than having every room looking great in themselves , but a jumble in total .

Having said that , the caramelly brown is dated , as is the purple , so with that as a base , you can't really go black or charcoal , like you said you don't want green ( I dislike green and purple together ) , blue wouldn't flatter the brown , and sunny reds , yellows and oranges would clash with the purple .

Off whites would work , beige would ( its dated , but then so is the floor , so it may suit the style of the house ) , but if you want luxe I'd probably consider white tiles with gold brushed scrolls or similar , maybe even a single gold gloss horizontal subway row at around 1 metre up the wall , but then you'd have to go with polished brass or gold taps and light switches and all sorts of similar fixtures and fittings . The purple would really pop in a subdued way , while crisp clean white with gold highlights would lift everything a level .

Maybe you could pick up the colour of one of the flecks in the terazzo? I see a pale pearly grey you could match.

Can you post some photos showing the whole bathroom. As well as styles you like. I would keep lots of the walls untiled, just painted.

Thanks for the suggestions. I have added some extra photos of the bathroom. I am planning on just tiling around the shower area and painting the rest of the bathroom. The tub will be resprayed white. I was think some sort of grey but not sure how dark to go. It is a rather small bathroom. I want to keep a more traditional style to match the character of the house. The kitchen is 1950's style too and we are going to keep it as is.

My gut feeling -- paint everything above the green in an off-white ( English Cream is warm and also 'period correct' as an example ) , and the windows and sills a crisp white .

The bath and the walls I'd do in a crisp white gloss 150 x 150 tile , BUT with one row of Emerald Green a bit above half way up -- possibly do them in 150 x 300 for variety , or maybe even a horizontal row of subway tiles in that 50's Emerald Green , and maybe even a 2nd row around the top .

I know you said you don't want green , and you don't want white , but a mix of the two plus going slightly off the white above that will reference and tie everything in .

Possibly you could trade the Emerald Green for a Candy Apple type red , maybe even an orange or metallic blue -- just a row or two amongst the white , obviously accessorise with a vase and bathmat to just add a bit more subtle reinforcement .

Is the terrazzo poured up over the sheeting? Is the sheeting staying and if so is the enough space under lip of bath for tiles?

I really like that floor. I hope you are able to keep it once the complexities of waterproofing are revealed. Really large tiles would not be era appropriate. And they were moving away from subway tiles by then. Perhaps 20-25cm square in running bond for that decade? Colour will be easier to pick when the green is gone. I think bright whites could be useful accents but were not really available back then, except whitewash. So depends on how true to the age you want to be or if you’d prefer to have your own blend of the best of two eras.

Contradicting myself. Yes the subway tiles were bright white of course, but the grout would have been light cement grey, not the modern white grouts. And really those old ac sheets with a belt band were pretty typical weren’t they.
My screen in reading this floor as grey margin and yellow based centre. But if it’s bruise purple that could be tricky!

going by your third photo it looks like there is a lip on the terrazzo floor along the length of the bath so fitting new tiles onto the existing green cladding should be easy. As mentioned if you can redo without pulling out cladding or walls could save you a few nasty surprizes

can i ask what you ended up with as a choice? im in the same boat with the exact same floor. its driving me crazy, i dont want to get it wrong

Terrazzo tile in white with similar chips

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Hi, if you want to keep the floor then embrace it. Go for a rich chocolate brown tile in any shape you prefer - get some samples in both Matt and gloss finishes. Plus add in paint in a warm white, but not too cream to stop it cloying. Keep your fittings modern and it will be great.

Query is from 2 years ago. Presumably the bathroom was renovated long ago.

HU-410264826 After months of tile hunting, I ended up choosing a plain cream tile and i am happy with the choice. Although not as adventurous as some of my earlier ideas, it is a vast improvement on what was there before. Good luck with your renovation. I still love my floor :)