That's a granite that can vary a lot in looks, so hard to give advice in the abstract -- I suggest either a cream or a taupe/gray that catches an undertone from the stone. Prefer no mosaic strip if the tile is nice -- kitchens are busy enough once you move in.

Our stone is more like a Napoleon or Santa Cecelia without the veining. It's warm so I like your idea on the cream as our walls are a warm light tan. Makes sense on keeping it simple too. Thank you the great advice!

Here's a picture of our kitchen. Stainless appliances will be arriving this week so disregard the white.

Wow, that's busy enough. Go with solid subway tiles.

That's kind of the direction I was headed but needed affirmation. Thank you!!!

found a pretty warm ivory subway tile with a very subtle crackle finish. Is that simple enough?

Looks wonderful Denise! I think an ivory with crackle would be stunning!

Thank you for the advice! Even more meaningful knowing the fine job that Astonia did in fabricating and installing our kitchen granite! Love the granite that we chose and how it works with our cabinetry, wood floors and wall color! And now that our stainless appliances have arrived, I can't wait to complete the look with the tile backsplash!

Okay. Thought I was done but someone suggested doing a random combination of the ivory(lightest crackle tile in the middle) with the toast crackle color on the right which brings out the warm color of the granite. The butter color on the left was the happy medium of the two. Using maybe 2/3 toast, 1/3 ivory? Very subtle but a way to tie the wall color, granite and cabinets together. Is that too complicated?

You kitchen sounds lovely. I would keep it very simple and use a subway tile that compliments your granite! Keep it Simple!

P. S. Don't drive yourself mad over so many colors. Your backsplash will look Devine, if you choose a warm complimentary color.