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Going color blind?

16 years ago

Getting more and more confused about color.

It's funny, but I never had problems buying clothes that had cool tones. But, seems I can't pick a granite in a cool color. Of course only being able to judge color by viewing online images doesn't help.

I thought I had the granite choice solved, but when I got my sample of White River it had far too many brown/red splotches to suit me. Now,we are back to ground zero as far as granite.

Need to find something pretty soon because our cabinet maker is getting ready to start building the cabinets soon.

I guess my question is can anyone suggest come cool color granite that would go with white cabinets? We plan on going with a cool icy taupe color for the walls in kitchen,dining room, bay area and living room. The rooms are all open to each other. Also, we thought about going with a cool icy blue or blue/green color for the walls.

Just need some suggestions from those who understand the difference between the warm and cool colors. We've lived with warm colors for 33 years, so time for a change.

Oh, our appliances are ss and fridge is white.

Comments (6)

  • 16 years ago

    Several folks have had success with Bianco Antico with offwhite cabinets. Beekeeperswife is one of them. The slabs vary-but, in general, the white/light gray and taupe combination should work for you. It does seem to look lighter once in place.

    Here is a link that might be useful: Beekeeperswife's kitchen

  • 16 years ago

    jewel-1, if I have already suggested this, I do apologize for repeating. Bianco Antico is a stone that sometimes it is very cool--lots of white/taupe/gray. It would go great with all of the colors your are mentioning. It truly is amazing. I know in the showroom where our stone came from they repainted in a Pear Green color and it looked great. I've got a gray with mine, donnakay has a warmer tone with hers.

    It really depends on the particular slab you choose. So make sure to look at what's available.

    Maybe when you go to the slab yard, take some colors with you, whether it's a piece of clothing, a tablecloth, a pillow from your couch....just something with some of these colors so you can see how the slabs look with them.

    Good luck, when you find "it", you will know.

  • 16 years ago

    I had a similar issue with granite. Almost all the slabs has warm tones in them, and those that weren't tended to be very green or very blue (and very pricey).

    Get your cabinet maker to paint a scrap oif wood for your in your cabinet color, and paint a scrap of drywall in your paint color and take them shopping with you. But still, most of the warehouses had terrible lighting, so take samples home with you of any "maybes," so you can view them in the light quality in your home.

  • 16 years ago

    riverspots: Thanks for the link to Beekeeperswife. Her kitchen is absolutely awesome!

    Beekeeperswife: The slab looks perfect in your kitchen. What color did you paint your walls? Looks like a color I would like for mine..in fact, could I move your kitchen to my house?..lol

    all of your comments are helping. I know there is a slab out there with our name on it, we just have to find it.
    Was so disappointed about the River White. A beautiful slab, but way too many splotches of red or brown.

  • 16 years ago

    here's a site to look by color...

    you will need to actually see in real tho before buying.

    Here is a link that might be useful: granite colors

  • 16 years ago

    Thanks desertsteph.

    I hope to hear from those who have a cool colored kitchen with the white cabs. Since I'm not able to go to the granite yards, it would help to hear from those who have the cool kitchens.

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