Tile Question for My Kitchen/laundry Room

I would consider getting a mosaic tile border (3 rows of 1"x1" tile perhaps) then have the larger tiles laid on a diagonal if the kitchen tiles are laid square. Also, definitely go to a tile store. They have designers that will help you.

I also would not try to match tiles if you can't get an exact match. Try to blend.

As a designer, when I cannot match i go for a contrast.

update:
really depends on what else is in your house, but for a laundry room, what about a vinyl wood plank? If your budget is tight, possibly even a sheet vinyl wood look. They have come a long ways. I'd hate to see you go from one tile to a non matching tile, even a contrasting tile because it will really look like you didn't think it through. It would look rather chopped up. To make it look intentional, I'd aim for good flow by matching the value and general color in a totally different non tile look. It is nice when the floors can flow as much as possible by sharing a similar color and value. Or, If the house has wood floors anywhere else, I'd match that in a vinyl for repetition (it is only a laundry room).
But there are many factors; how visible is it? does it get a lot of traffic?
Also consider taking your existing tile (hope you have a sample) to many tile vendors and ask an attendant to help you find a match. You cannot get this type of service at do-it-yourself mega stores like home depot, so find a privately owned tile store.

Yep, if you can't match it, go for contrast. Close, but not a match is bad.

Try different sizes, larger or rectangular tiles. Or Medium tone tiles vs light. Or Texture vs stone.

If you have light 12 x 12 tile in the kitchen, then try a darker rectangular tile layed in a brick pattern in the utility room.

Look on Houzz.com for pictures.

A neutral color that contrasts (darker or lighter), with perhaps hints of different colors and some texture. Then find the best possible transition piece of marble to go in between. Good luck and enjoy! Sorry I have no colors ... try homedepot.com or lowes.com.

We just put a vinal wood planking in our kitchen/dinning room/hall. And it buts up to the living room floor, we just put a border in.

If there is a door to the laundry you can put in another color. I would use a darker shade or another color that matches, but make sure you get the same size tile to blend it in. Trying to match old tiles will make it look tacky. If there is no door try a border between the rooms of a smaller tile.

This was an issue with our rental property. We were getting rid of all the carpeting and going with tile. The entry way was already tiled. Old tile in good shape, but NO WAY would we find anything even close to what was installed already. And it was too large of a space to justify ripping it all out to match. Our tile guy simply made a transition piece. The made a strip about two and a half or three inches wide and used the new tile to make the transition. It looks great and I was very skeptical of his solution. I never took a picture of it, but here's something very similar I found online. http://www.remodel-me.com/images/Magnum_threshold_12.JPG (I did ask what would happen if our tiles had been straight and not angled, he said the transition piece would have been made into little diamond / triangle shapes.)

Off the wall suggestion, but would you consider going whole hog and taking out the laundry room tile as well, then throw Marmoleum over the whole thing? Just suggesting this as I LOVE our Marmoleum floors. Good on cost and easy to maintain.

I have no great suggestions for blending tile, though. I hope someone has helped you in that regard!

I think MelissaRThomas covered it very well! :p

There are a lot of things you can do. You can put a marble threshold in the door frame, since they tend to be three inches wide it is enough of a break that you could use close enough in the laundry room. Of course this only works if the colors you are using compliment marble.

In my bathroom I am considering taking out the shower and tiling up the walls, then, well you know going European. They do not make the tile I have on the floor but they do make the same type in complimentary colors. So if I go ahead I am taking up the outside rows and mixing the colors into a pattern then taking another color up the wall. Kind of hard to visualize I am sure. So right now the floor is a shade of green with beige veins in it but not a lot. They still make beige and a rustish color tile and they have accent pieces that have all three colors in it. So the center of the floor would still be green, the outside two rows would be a green and beige pattern and then up the walls would be beige and rust in the same pattern about three feet up the wall, accent strips, then this really cool pattern that I cannot explain.

But you aren't doing walls....

Hopefully my point came across, you can think outside the box.