I love dark shades but from my experience oil stains on a dark shaded cabinets in kitchen specifically are more prominent.

yes , a pure white kitchen will look great , the tiles will be the highlight of the kitchen.The mixed colours of the tiles , pure white cabinets and the Black granite will look Superb!!

If you will like to go little different than Indian / traditional one, mint green colour is in trend and goes well with brick colour walls. Looks good if you have white appliances, crockery and some other elements that are visible with it. (Sourced from google images) https://goo.gl/images/Wyu1kR

Brown can be tricky colour to match with vibrant colours as Brown is not a fun colour. Brown and its shade are for timeless classic designs. It only goes well with conservative colours like white, black,grey and glass. Couple of options below