But granite isn't manmade ... the undertones of the 7 or 8 slabs coming in could be all wrong ... buyer beware! Just be ready to tweak some of the colors.

Slabs are all from the same lot and quite similar in apppearance with a lot of movement . Which we far and away prefer to any man made material at their showroom or online. Nothing jumped out at us at all, it all looked the same and to us, boring. Colors won’t be changed.

The slabs coming in January are from the same lot as each other or from the same lot as the sample you used to choose all your other colors/materials? The latter seems unlikely, based on the time lag.

I meant that the sample you have today might have quite different undertones than the slabs coming in a few months. I am using Taj Mahal quartzite for my kitchen counters and to clad a fireplace in a different room. The coloring can vary quite a bit in each batch of slabs, from white to light cream to light brown or gray. Most of the veins are brown and some have some rusty brown veins. I used slabs from 2 different batches, with slightly different coloring, that looked best in the different rooms.

I understand what you mean. I did inquire on these slabs and we are told they're consistent in colors and patterns as they were all mined on the same day from the same area. The one thing I can say is that this supplier is on top of their game and their prices are extremely fair. Our cost installed is $59.00 per sq ft. and yes, I've got that in writing.

Sorry PI but I looked at 12 slabs of my quartzite that were all from the same lot and mined the same day and trust me when I say that slab 1 was different enough from slab 12 that it was noticeable in color and pattern.

Unless you are paying right now for the exact slabs you want, you can't guarantee they will be the same no matter what the supplier says. My guess is if the color is off, the supplier is betting that you won't remember or care.

We shall see. If it’s not acceptable we’ve got plan B.

Thanks clueless, Photoshop makes life much easier.

Manchester Tan was too orange for me. We went with Clay Beige. Be careful with undertones & different paint can look totally different with the lighting in your house. Maybe it will look fantastic when it's all put together, but something looks off to me. I'm thinking it's the color of the cabinets vs the wall color. Really hard to trust monitor colors though.

Monitor colors don't match up exactly, I'm running a 27" iMac and it's very close. On my 2 laptops they are not the same. We've got actual paint chips which is what we went by. Once granite shows up, we can tweak a tad as needed but it's a solid starting point.

I'm in a 27" iMac as well. If I was you I would get paint samples & paint them on your walls or sample boards around your space. I LOVED several beige/tans, but their undertones really came through in the samples on my walls.

If I was you I would get paint samples & paint them on your walls or sample boards around your space. I LOVED several beige/tans, but their undertones really came through in the samples on my walls.

I found the exact same thing.

We plan to get a quart of each and do some tests.

All I see is brown, brown, brown. Can you live with that?

of course I'm a green person. Lol

The SW 6165 Connected Gray AKA Sage Green is absolutely NOT brown LOL. We expect the granite will have a fair bit of cream and rust color as well. We just hurry up and wait.

And don't neglect your lighting differences between daylight and whatever led tone of bulb you choose. 2700 or 3000 for example.

The floor clashes big time with the stone, and pretty much everything else. The floor is pinky gray with hints of blue. The stone is yellow based with red veining. The cabinets are green, and the walls are orange.

If the stone is going to be the centerpiece of the home, what can stay would be the walls. Yellows and oranges play well together. The floors need to go as they don’t play well with any of it. The white for the cabinets also needs to change. It needs to be warmer. The green island possibly can stay as a counterpoint, but not unless the stone coming in has a hint of green in it. And that’s a crapshoot.

Overall, it’s New Jersey retirement home BLAH. Even the stone can’t elevate all beige tones. Look at doing the island in something much more complimentary to the stone to bring out its unique tones. As in do a stained cherry that pulls at the veining color. A more natural looking wood tone for the floor will be successful as well.

I love your choices and think they'll bring out all the variations in the granite. I'm partial to the bordeaux granites, because they have the earthy colors I love. I hope you'll post a picture of the finished kitchen.

I agree that the floor seems off. Can you take a photo of the floor sample with the granite?

That was a very very poor photo of the floor and I don’t have a better photo at this time.

On the positive side. I think they blend well together - have fun with your plans!