they never take photos of the hard decisions!

any way, i think its ok to have an area of full height cabinets in the color thats the base in another area. i think the opposite looks less good for some reason.

another choice that people make in your situation is have all of the perimeter cabinets one color, and the island the other color.

I would do the cyberspace. I think it will blend in with the fridge (I'm assuming you are doing stainless steel?) and kind of just become one piece.

This picture shows a pretty good representation of exactly what your thinking. Where as you only have a small pantry next to the fridge I think it wont be as over powering. Here at Detail we do the pantry in the darker color 85% of the time. It all depends on if the homeowners like it. Since you have plenty of white in the kitchen, the dark pantry might help to give a definite end to the run.

interesting, you have the same bias as i do about the darker being better for the full height areas.