Walnut Travertine

Walnut is the darkest of the standard travertine colors. The base is a medium brown that moves through tan, caramel and occasional grey-brown bands, with the same open pits and rounded tumbled edges as the lighter stones. It reads richer than Noce and considerably darker than Country Classic, and it hides mulch stains, leaf marks and foot traffic better than any light travertine. That makes it a practical choice for patios under trees, walkways from a driveway and pool decks in shaded yards. In full sun it warms up more than Ivory, so many builders use it as a border rather than the whole field in hot climates.

Formats in this collection

Pool coping is the largest group: bullnose and eased edge in 4x9, 6x12, 12x12, 12x24, 14x24, 16x24, 24x36 and 16x48, with two remodel profiles for resurfacing. Tumbled pavers come in 12x12, 16x16, 12x24, 16x24, 24x24, 24x36, 24x48 and 36x36 at 1-1/4" and 2". There is one 2" thick 24x72 tread for steps and wall caps, and an 18x18 honed and filled tile at 1/2" for an interior floor that continues the same color indoors. Walnut is also part of most tumbled French pattern sets, listed separately.

Using Walnut as border and accent

The most common Walnut order is coping plus a one-paver-wide border around a lighter field. Walnut 12x24 eased edge coping with a 12x24 paver border around an Ivory or Country Classic deck frames the pool without a full dark surface. For an all-Walnut deck in a shaded or cooler-climate yard, 16x24 pavers in a running bond with 6x12 bullnose coping is the standard traditional look, and 24x36 with eased edge coping gives a more contemporary one. The coping color guide shows how a dark edge changes the way the water reads.

Related stones

Walnut headlines the walnut color page. Noce is the lighter, more even brown in the same finish; Ivory is its usual partner in the field. If you want a dark, smooth stone instead of a tumbled one, Tundra Grey marble is the grey equivalent. Every coping profile in every color is filterable in the pool coping collection, and the travertine color guide puts Walnut next to the other tones.

Also sold as: Tuscany Walnut and Mediterranean Walnut are distributor names for this brown Turkish travertine. Our Walnut is a close match — see the cross-reference page and order a sample.