I am not sure about the color (you will need to bring all of the samples in the above photo with you to make sure the color of the Colonial Gold works with all of your choices (and maybe someone else who knows the stone well will chime in)). I would also bring a sample of the granite outside with your other samples to see how the colors go in direct sunlight. However, I have to say that I prefer the pattern of the Colonial Gold more than the pattern in the granite pictured above. It seems more on trend. I love your floors btw! Do you know what stain color?

Here is the sample of Verona that is similar to your original choice, but lighter.

Giallo Ornamental is a very common type of granite -- can't your fabricator get it from a different stone yard?

Absolute black honed?

Giallo ornamental is more beige. Colonial gold, Venetian gold, Santa Cecelia exc will all be more gold/yellow/orange. Not to scare you but I have seen tiles look perfect with Giallo Ornamental and then all the sudden look pink once you hold it up to any other stone. Look at Millennium Cream/Astoria or Siena Cream/Siena Beige, they have the same tones as Giallo Ornamental. Or as someone said find it somewhere else.

Your Giallo Ornamental looks alot like my Saint Cecilia. If you can't go with your first choice, take all your tile to the granite showroom with you and pick out slabs of the new color that are more beige then yellow. If everything is too yellow/gold have you considered the possibility of going the opposite direction and choosing something like Ubba Tuba, which is a classic black color? Will your builder consider letting you choose a higher tier granite for the same price since your first choice isn't working out?

How can you pick any stone with unfinished cabinets sitting in your house? They should be finished off site in a clean room with conversion varnish. On site with bugs and dust and house paint is not going to give you professional quality results.

I have almost never considered the possibility someone would pick out a countertop for the kitchen based on what the color of paint already on the walls--and a really nice, but very plain subway tile backsplash.

Most people obsess and shop and dream about their countertop, and visit slab yards, etc. I know we are not all alike! But you are selecting a natural stone product, and the product does not always remain consistent. If I were you, I would insist on seeing actual slabs, and I would insist on being present for templating, take pictures of the templating, and get the stone right. THEN worry about the paint and backsplash, which can be minor expenses compared to the countertop.

How about this, if you truly are in last week of build why not have an el cheapo linolium top installed and continue to looks for exact color you want. When found have contractor install it. Last minute rush decesions are BAD !!!

@Sophie "How can you pick any stone with unfinished cabinets sitting in your house?"

Read the post, wherein the OP says, "it has since been painted"

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A nice PALE creamy granite, like the colonial white might be better than the more yellow ones. Even a pale grey and cream.

Take a cabinet door with you and wander around the stoneyard.

I'll be a clear as I can- gray paint has nothing to do with any of your slabs. EXIT paint colors, for now, get your cab color, get your granite, Then you can paint

Thank you for all the advice! Our cracked Ornamental was a blessing in disguise. Our granite fabricator allowed us to come out and pick a beautiful, especially cream rather than yellow, slab of what he had marked as Colonial Gold, but what I think in actuality was Colonial Cream. I did as you all said and brought a drawer and a few tiles — I am very thankful that they all looked just fine together (because I couldn’t stand the thought of making anymore decisions!). I love our kitchen!

Pretty. Nothing better than loving a space!

Definitely a blessing in disguise, it looks beautiful!

It looks great!! So glad everything worked out for you!

It looks beautiful. Enjoy it.

Also, afcgirl, about the floors. They’re actually luxury vinyl plank and not stained at all! We have a dog and are a military family, so faced with the idea that this house will likely be a rental/investment property eventually, our priority when picking floors was resilience. They are actually really beautiful and fool plenty of people as the real deal! Plus, they’re incredibly low-maintenance. I would definitely recommend them.

Wow, they look great! I would never have thought they were vinyl!

Beautiful! Love the final selection!

Just had this Colonial Gold installed this morning! I LOVE it!