I'm guessing it is the light.

Susan, I know what you are talking about. I have ubatuba and on one side of my kitchen it is beautiful with alot of depth in color and it is very shiny. On the other side of the kitchen, which is fortunately separated by the stove, the granite is very dull and the color is blah. I have an extremely small kitchen so I notice it all the time. I think it is just the differences in the slabs. It seems to me that the fabricators would have noticed this! I guess I am just expecting too much. Amy

Thanks, Amy.
Is your light consistent across your kitchen? I wish I had been there for the fabrication as I could have directed placement of the more "muddy" looking areas in less noticeable spots. I'm still hoping its the lighting.

Anyone else out there with Peacock Green or Uba Tuba?

Susan, My lighting is the same over each side of the kitchen. "Muddy" is a good way to describe my ugly granite,too. I wish I could be of more help! Amy

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We have the same thing with our honed Verde Peacock. The areas that are closer to the windows/sliders always look fantastic, with lots of colors and depth. The areas away from the natural light and/or underneath upper cabs have less character. After 3 years I still notice it once in a while especially when the sun is shining through, but I'm not manic about it anymore. It's still a beautiful stone, regardless!

I have large expanses of countertop and all of mine looks the same. I remember the granite guy saying that they had to be careful picking slabs that were very close to looking the same. The slabs vary in look. My cousin has the same granite as mine, but it looks totally different because the quartz pieces are much larger in her slabs.

So my guess is that maybe there wasn't enough attention paid to slab choice by the granite shop. It's always a good idea to tell the shop that when the slabs arrive, you want to approve them before they start making the tops, just to be sure the slabs are close matches.

We picked the slabs ourselves. We needed two and picked consecutive ones from the same bundle. We viewed it oustide and took a macro view, making sure the graining was consistent and that there were no uneven "splotches". I also felt for things like chips and there were none.

It was outside and I didn't even consider looking at it from all angles in the sunlight. I will in my next life, though!

My counters are spread over the 9x14 working kitchen and have no seams. They are very consistent but of course look different under different lighting conditions. At night, the only place there's real color is where the undercabinet lights are located, otherwise they pretty much look black. Midday (south facing, skylights, big windows) the color is spectacular. It's never muddy but I know what you mean. When I was shopping, I remember describing slabs of butterfly as muddy.

PS I don't know whose kitchen I was thinking of when I said my counters "pretty much look black" at night. Well, yeah, when the light are very dim or off. Otherwise they show up as shades of green with gold at night.

Grab a floor lamp or a table lamp and plug it in over there so it shines down on that swath of granite. That should answer your question.

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That's the beauty of a natural product. Now I see what you're saying and ,yes, they do look different under different lighting. Can't imagine why that would bother you.

I work for a marble and granite company. While it could very well be the light. Did you have more than 1 slab, if so I would check to be sure the fabricator bought the slabs form the same lot, and if so in #ed order. If he didn't that would make a big difference!!!