Does it have little flecks of a maroon or purplish color in It?

Yes! there's purple specks/blobs unless this is brown?

It looks similar to River white that I have in my kitchen.

Chris, i just googled river white, I do see some similarities, but mine is so speckled, there's not any long flowy veins going through it. I know granites a natural material and will look different than samples or someone else's with the same one. I just wish i knew the name

Gallo Ornamental or Venetian Ice.

Looks like Santa Cecilia to me.

The paint on the wall is going to influence how your sample chips look against the granite. I would put up some white paper to cover them (temporarily) when trying to choose a color.

And even though there is tan/beige in the granite, I would look at grays, creams, even some greens and blues that reflect the faint colors in the stone instead.

Could be moonlight.

Or Santa Cecelia Light.

Moon white

agree with raee

i'd go with cool colors in warm shades if it makes sense..say warm gray or warm blue..like in your teapot:) it's a very inspiring teapot. the paint doesn't need to be that saturated, can be a hint of that turquoise. or some mist color. or warm white if you're not against repeating the cabinets' color on walls. that would depend on how much light your kitchen gets though. if not a lot-wouldn't choose white probably

aprilneverends, I would love a bright color (not necessarily super vibrant or dark) but like a light blue or light green but my mom doesn't think it matches my granite. I'm worried a gray will look drab or make the kitchen gloomy or washed out. I don't want a dark color, something light and a little color but i have no idea what color family i should try! I like the teapot color but maybe a lighter shade of that, except i'm not sure it will match?? Sorry for rambling!

OK..your Mom obviously knows the granite IRL while we don't. But in any case..you won't really know until you try. Get several samples of paints..you know, these small ones..do two layers of each paint on a normal size paper, like A4..should be big enough. Get a bigger white paper for the background-or leave a white border around each sample when painting it-you need to see a color against pure white, in order to really see it for what it will be, any other color will mess with your perception. Then it gets even easier-move your samples around, next to the granite, next to the countertop, this corner of the kitchen, that corner..look at them several times a day-both in day light and an artificial one. Chances are next morning you'll know your color.

When picking samples-when you looking at these tiny colored chips, you know? don't pick the most vibrant the most saturated happy and beautiful, when you're narrowing it down to samples. These fairly often fall too flat when on the wall..they're more furniture colors. Don't neglect those that look a bit drab, a bit less interesting. These often have nice surprise hidden in them. So as an example-if you're willing to try your blue-don't necessarily pick the teapot color exactly..go for a lighter or darker a tad murkier version of it.

As for the color family..I have one thing to say:) When you look for your gray-check also whites. When you look for blue(as an example)-check also greens. And so on and so forth.

for the color family..I have one thing to say:) When you look for your gray-check also whites. When you look for blue(as an example)-check also greens. And so on and so forth.

What I came back to say... if looking for a blue or green, check the whites color card/rack, because many "whites" are a distinct color that will show more strongly on the wall than you would think.

From the picture above, I think that the teapot color plays nicely with the counter, but I would go for a paler version of it. Since computer monitors aren't reliable for showing true color, try this.... If you set the pot on the counter, do you think it clashes, or does it look nice? The close-up of the granite seems to show pale green and very subtle blue or blue-gray, and you can play off that. You don't have to "match" in the commonly thought of way (the predominant color), you just have to be compatible.

Of course some people just don't like it if they don't match the predominant color, and that is fine.

You really should go to several paint stores and pick up a bunch of sample chips in a variety of shades that appeal to you. Cover that tan wall, then start looking at the chips against the counter and the cabs, in both daylight and the artificial lights. It will become clear to you very quickly what appeals to you, what works and what doesn't. The hard part is choosing from the final stack!

aprilneverends and rae_gw zone 5b-6a thank you so much both of you! That's a great idea to try the paint colors on white i'm definitely going to do that. I will be open to the less interesting colors because you're right they might actually turn out perfect and i won't know until I try. Thanks for all the teapot love, I like colors like that a lot! Thanks for all your help everyone! Silk post pictures once i pick a color!

Look up White G. We did go gray with ours and we're installing a white subway tile backsplash. We did SW Front Porch, which has a little green look to it. I wanted a gray that would take some of that tan look away from the granite. We LOVE it together!

As for whites that are actually blues or greens, we have one like that. We used BM Patriotic White for ceilings in both our previous house and in the current one. In the previous house it definitely looked white everywhere. In the current house, we can really see the blue undertones, which is fine because we've used a lot of blue and blue-gray in general. I think the biggest blue hit is in a bathroom where the walls are BM Chantilly Lace-a white white.

OTOH, I wouldn't do a not-quite-white of any tint in your kitchen. While a cream (BM Bavarian Cream?) would look great with the counters, all you would see is that it's almost-but-not-quite the same as the cabinets. Yuk. I really dislike the mocha the previous owner chose, but the intensity is good. Look for a similar intensity in a color you like better. Lots of chips to sort through, some samples to try in larger sizes, you'll find one that's just the thing.