Short answer: two white tiles that look the same in a photograph are told apart by the rows on their product pages, not by the picture. Across the twenty-nine white tiles on this site, twenty state a material and nine read Not specified; twenty-eight state a size; twenty-seven state a face; fourteen state a thickness, at 8 mm or 10 mm; one states a rectified edge; three record a slip class; twelve are named for a look. Those seven rows are what a forum poster is really asking about when they ask whether one tile will "achieve the same look" as another, and the honest comparison is row by row.
| Row on the product page | How many of the 29 white tiles record it | Values found |
|---|---|---|
| Material | 20 of 29 (9 read Not specified) | Ceramic 10 · Porcelain 5 · Natural marble 5 |
| Size | 28 of 29 | From 12.8 × 95 mm pieces and 225 × 230 mm sheets to 600 × 1200 mm |
| Face (finish) | 27 of 29 | Gloss, Matt, Honed, Polished, Soft polished, Fluted; some list two |
| Thickness | 14 of 29 | 8 mm (5) · 10 mm (9) |
| Rectified edge | 1 of 29 | Recorded on Studio Pure White Wall Tile |
| Slip class (AS 4586) | 3 of 29 | A class where the supplier states one; blank elsewhere |
| Look | 12 of 29 | Marble look 9 · Terrazzo look 2 · Stone look 1 |
1. Material: four answers, and one of them is a blank
Ten whites record Ceramic, five Porcelain, five Natural marble, and nine, all of them marble-look, record Not specified because the supplier's documentation does not state a material and this site does not fill in a blank. The row records the body the supplier states; it does not rank bodies. The five tiles here that are actually stone is the long version of why the blank is the honest answer.
2. Size: the row everyone reads, and the one that hides a sheet
Twenty-eight of the twenty-nine state a size; the one that does not is a finger mosaic whose page records the piece size and asks you to check the current sheet size. Two tiles of the same nominal size can still differ at the edge, which is row 5. Size is also the row that sets joint length: about 16.7 m per square metre at 75 × 300 mm against 3.3 m at 600 × 600 mm. How to compare tile scale works through it.
3. Face: six names, and some tiles carry two
Gloss, matt, honed, polished, soft polished and fluted are the faces recorded on the whites here. Several products list two, polished or soft polished, matt or polished, and the cart sells a purchase unit rather than a face, so which one arrives is a product-page question. Two whites with the same body and size and different faces are two different walls. The thirteen ways this range writes a finish lists them all.
4. Thickness: 8 mm and 10 mm, recorded on fourteen
Five whites record 8 mm, all of them subway tiles; nine record 10 mm, the 300 × 600 mm wall tile, six marble-look tiles and two terrazzo-look tiles. Fifteen record no thickness. Thickness changes what the tile weighs, how it meets a trim and how a cut edge looks; it is one of the rows two look-alike tiles most often differ on, and the sample piece is where to see it when the page is silent.
5. Rectified: one page says it
Rectified means the edges were cut square after firing, which holds the size tight and lets the joint run narrow. One white here records it. On the others, the page says nothing either way, and the edge on the sample is the evidence: a slightly rounded, glazed edge is the usual sign of a non-rectified tile, and it asks for a wider joint. It is not a defect; it is a different edge.
6. Slip class: three record one, and a blank is not a result
Three of the whites record a class on the AS 4586 scale, the value the supplier's documentation holds; this site does not hold the underlying test reports and a recorded class is not approval for an application. The other twenty-six record nothing, and nothing is what it means: not recorded here, not passed, not failed. What to confirm before choosing explains how to read a blank.
7. Look: twelve are named for something else
Nine whites are marble-look, two terrazzo-look, one stone-look. A look is a name for the face, printed or figured; it says nothing about the body, which is why the marble-look nine read Not specified in row 1. Seventeen whites carry no look at all: they are white because the glaze or the stone is white. Marble-look tiles: 14 faces compared lists the nine.
8. The rows that are not there
No product page here records care or sealing instructions, the number of face variations in a look, or the batch your order will come from; every page carries the line that shade and surface vary between batches. Those absences are shared by both tiles alike, which is why they are not the place to look for a difference.
9. Reading two pages side by side
Open both product pages. Read the seven rows in the order of the table. Where both say the same, the photo is telling the truth. Where one is filled and the other blank, that blank is the difference, and it is a question for the supplier or the installer, not a fault of the page. Then order a sample piece of each and put them on the bench together; Tile samples at home takes it from there.
Questions people ask
Is porcelain better than ceramic?
The Material row records the body the supplier states; it does not rank them, and this site does not either. What differs between two specific tiles is in their other rows: size, face, thickness, edge, and whether a slip class is recorded.
Why does a white tile say Not specified for material?
Because the supplier's documentation for that tile does not state one. Nine whites here are in that position, all marble-look. The page says so rather than guessing.
What does rectified mean?
Edges cut square after firing, so tiles sit to a tighter size and a narrower joint. One white here records it; on the rest, look at the sample's edge.
Where these numbers come from
All counts were read from the twenty-nine product pages listed under White tiles on 5 September 2026: the Material, Size, Finish and Thickness rows, the slip-class row where present, and the look and rectified tags. Documentation changes, so read the page for the tile you are comparing on the day.