We had the dark grey in our last house and I loved it! When we moved I had to pick a white silgranite to go with our counters and I hate that sink. It is so hard to keep clean. The only thing I’ve found to mostly clean it is liquid Comet. We’ve also had problems with it chipping around the drain. I’m so excited to move and get a grey sink back.

I have had a white cast iron sink of one kind or another for 23 years and have liked it much more than the stainless sink I had in my first apartment and home - but others like other surfaces better. I think it comes down to personal preference. I have a white Whitehaven and it has been fine. I do clean it - but all sinks should be cleaned frequently. Usually I wipe it down at night time and occasionally use a touch of Comet. Something which gets as much use as a sink and exposed to grease, grime and sometimes bacteria should be cleaned frequently.

If you want a white sink, I'd strongly suggest an acrylic solid surface. Virtually un-stainable and easily maintained and refinished.

Thanks everyone for your replies thus far. I think I should clarify between daily disinfecting of the sink and scrubbing out stains on a routine basis to keep it looking clean. Of course we sanitize our sink regularly but we never have to - and don't want to ever - sit there and scrub out stains, which is what I'm afraid white sinks will lead to.

I have a white Silgranit sink. It stains easily - coffee, tea, fruit, pots and pans. It must be scrubbed daily with Barkeepers Friend to stay white.

It's just not that difficult to keep a solid surface sink looking new.

It actually is difficult if you have kids and aren’t wanting to be scrubbing your sink all day.

^ Yes. We have our hands full with an infant and a toddler. It may not be that hard, but if I can choose between a sink that doesn't need to be cleaned to look new vs one that always looks clean, I'll choose the latter. Maybe a charcoal sink won't look so bad with the otherwise white color scheme.

I wipe down my Whitehaven (cast iron) sink every night with very hot water and maybe once or twice a week with a cleanser, and maybe once a week I make sure the grids are not gunky - they can go in the dishwasher, but I usually just wipe them off.

As cast iron gets older, probably due to micro abrasions in the enamel, something I am hoping to lessen with the grids, it can stain easier. My old cast iron sink (18 years) needed a nightly spritz of clorox clean up - rarely scrubbing - to bring it back to bright white. Comet was only needed occasionally for metal scratches and Bar Keeeper's if someone left a can in the sink leading to a rust spot. It was such a good sink, I moved it to the basement kitchenette. I rarely use the clorox now because I read on the forum that over time bleach can harm the enamel - I don't know if that is true, but I take it easy with harsh cleaners.

Rinsing food down the drain or taking it to the trash and not letting it sit in the sink (especially fruit) goes a long way in keeping a cast iron sink clean.

Busy mother of four with three still at home - and messy husband:)

I had a white enamel cast iron sink for about five years... I hated it. It wasn't difficult for my hubby to scrub the stains out, but it WAS difficult for me to scrub them out with my weak, arthritic hands and wrists. I'd try, and I'd never manage to get it as spotless as he could. I'd originally been excited about the white sinks, I'd never had that kind before (they were here when we moved, we've since remodeled) and was happy to not be battling hard water spots on stainless steel anymore. When we remodeled I insisted on SS sinks again. Truth be told, I don't give a flying flip about hard water spots compared to the stains that accumulated on those white sinks that I had to wait for hubby to scrub out.
Having said all that, I do now have a white composite stone vessel sink in my powder room now and it has been very easy to wipe off any weird smudges that show up on it... but of course, food stains aren't gathering there. Our powder room does get high use, we are a larger homeschooling family and it's the only bathroom on the main floor... but it's still not getting the use a kitchen sink does.

Oh gosh, get a brushed stainless steel sink. When it comes to low maintenance, it is king.

i have a white cast iron sink and have found borax or baking soda left on overnight has cleaned every stain and make it bright and shiny i use it a couple of times a week or after i've dumped the coffee or tea in it and left it for a while without rinsing i think a sink needs to be cleaned daily along with the countertops......