Black flooring for kitchen?

We have light wood units, black worktops and black tiled floor. Sage green tiles. Looks OK to us. It's a galley kitchen though.

phoenix I am not a fan of black so I am probably not the person to be giving you advice but I have dark grey shiny tiles which show everything dropped and every mark so the floor constantly needs cleaning.

If you want black, what about a mottled vinyl - white and black and it would not show everything which has fallen on the floor. That would look smart and easily looked after.

I should have mentioned that the wall tiles are mainly white interspersed with grey and all of the units are shiny white.

Slate might be good

My son had a skate floor in his flat that looked really smart and because it was an uneven sort of surface it didn’t need endless sweeping and cleaning.

I agree with charleygirl, a black shiny floor shows all the bits and splurges!

We were in the B and A warehouse store or the Depot , not sure what it's currently called but they have a huge selection of wooden type flooring and we really liked some of the new doorways of greys and brown mix . Not as dark as black and not pale and insipid either

White units, white and charcoal tiles, black appliances, red feature wall and charcoal flooring.
I like it. The feature wall was previously peacock blue but could be changed to any colour I fancy!

Our black floor isn't shiny. It's matt with a slightly rippled effect. The tiles are quite large and there's cream grouting.

I’m not a fan of dark floors, kitchen floors need to be clean, so I don’t mind the dirt showing that it needs a wash.
I’d go for a light grey.

We currently have black slate tiles and I love them.

Thank you all for the responses, they are appreciated.I

I already have various samples of different wood ones, just a sudden thought 're the black.

BTW, Mr P is hell bent on this Luxury Vinyl stuff, it's not cushion floor, which cats can damage , and not laminate, which we currently have. Ok, it's chipped in places, but I can live with that, however Mr P seems to be on a bit of a crusade

Laminate looks good but does not take too kindly to your washing machine leaking. Vinyl would be much better.

Amtico is good quality but a bit pricy. Black slate tiles look smart and don’t show every mark.

Phoenix, like you, I also have light coloured kitchen units, black worktops and neutral tiles and I had a charcoal slate effect floor. It was a total and utter nightmare to keep clean looking. Baking days showed a fine film of flour. Water spillage showed a white dried eater stain. Bookmarks showed up even the tread marks on soles of shoes. I was forever trying to keep it clean looking.
I finally gave up and earlier this year had Karndean Knight tile oak planking laid. Not cheap, but it's extremely hard wearing, a fiddle to clean and doesn't show up every little bit of mess like the dark floor did.

I would have black slate.

Eater stain? Water stain!

Eater stains? I'm all to familiar with those Chewbacca!

I'm usually covered in those by the end of the day.

DD had a black slate type floor in her last house. When her children were crawling their clothes ended up black as well! She had it re-sealed but it didn't seem any better.

I have dark charcoal slate in one bathroom and it shows every speck of dust. In a kitchen it would be a nightmare!
If you do want slate/stone of any sort a lightish grey would be more forgiving.
Not your colour scheme but I have a veined pale terracotta colour in my kitchen and it is marvellous. With one Turtle mat to catch the paw prints at the door it can go a whole week easy!

I am not a fan of black in kitchens and would not have it as flooring.
I do like Amtico especially the ones that look like slate or marble tiles. I have light grey marble in my kitchen.

Revising my opinion (above) of black slate. It occurs to me that my son gave it a good clean before I visited!

Our first house had black vinyl tiles in the bathroom. Never again would I put black in a bathroom. It showed every little smear, smudge or trace of baby powder.