How will you finish your end runs? If into a tile edge, then you probably won't have the problem. If you are leaving them "out" you'll see the red.

Even with my gray/white base tile, my tile setter took sink porcelain paint (the stuff to fix chips) and painted the ends of exposed tiles. Would that work for you? Maybe try it with your sample and see how noticable that is.

I plan to buy the bullnose, so that will take care of the end pieces. I am actually more worried about the places where I know I will need to make cuts that will abut the regular edge of a regular tile.

The idea of using sink porcelain stuff to touch up the edges is a good one. I think I will play around and try to practice with this idea.

Thanks so much.

Yes, the red will show. If the cut edges are all going into inside corners, then you'd be ok because you'd caulk the corner. But if they're on the face, even butting into the bullnose, you'll see red, because the grout dips down a little in the crack (it's not flush with the tile).

I only tiled once with red-based ceramic tile. Never again. I now only buy through-body colored tile.

weedyacres--

Now you've given me pause to rethink this. What you say is what I was afraid of.