Perfectly plain, flat-colour tiles show everything. One tiny bit of dust, a hair, a crumb – sab dikhai deta hai. That means you feel like the floor is never fully clean unless you’re mopping constantly.
Tiles with a subtle pattern, gentle grain or light variation break up the monotony. Minor dust and marks blend in more until actual cleaning time, so the floor looks reasonably presentable between mops.
You still know when it’s really dirty, but you’re not being visually punished for every speck.
