thank you very much to everyone who responded! I'll look into espresso and charcoal grays. As well as the steel backplash. Emmarenes, I'm living abroad in India, and the only granites in my budget are the local ones. I was advised against the gray and white local ones because i was told that they would not hold up well in the kitchen. I could have gone with a black galaxy as well but i have that granite now and despise it because of the way it hides ants and bugs so well. we live in a tropical area and there are always critters here and there. My first choice was a Brazilian white granite but it was triple the price. This granite is called Shiva pink, so it has a pink salmon and gray look to it. Im really hoping I don't hate it once it's installed. The stoneyard was a 9 hour trip up and down and i was just pressured to make a choice after several undecided trips. And I'm getting new cabinets put in. but I think I can wait for them to put the slab before staining the wood. Thanks for that idea :)

add some pictures of your space for better suggestions

which colour goes with kitchen cabinet, if the tile colour are light in colour i.e. white and grey

Greetings From Dream Design, As per your inputs we are suggesting some ideas -If your kitchen is small then you can use totally white as cream lacquered look very nice and by this kitchen will look spacious -If your kitchen is big then you can play with colors like light grey on top and bottom same -You can take the different color top & below like white and light grey Or you can select the all the nice shades and share us the pic we will help you to chose from them which suit best and also share the kitchen plan As if you choose cream glass then you can take black refrigerator and black glass shutter , microwave ,chimney means all the appliances in black color it will contrast with your kitchen Don't use too dark colors in kitchen otherwise it will look dull after sometime