Considering that quartz is usually meant to mimic natural stone and its randomness, I don’t think this is a problem. It will look fine once everything else is in place. I have no experience and cannot speak to the faucet hole.

Thank you for your opinion, that helps. I actually think the faded middle makes it look less like stone and more like a print, when we assess the rest of the stone.

"Will the manufacturer deem that blemish a defect and replace?"

They may provide material, but were I your fabricator, no way would I provide the labor to replace that for free. It looks fine.

"Is there a concern with the facuet on the new cutout? Is there a standard distance the facuet hole should be from the edge of the cutout?"

No and no. I've cut through faucet holes in estone and repaired them.

Thanks. Have you ever added color to quartz to make the vein flow a bit better? Is that possible?

Thanks. Nothing remotely close on the rest of the kitchen, the rest is clear and "random". While I get your point, it should not have been front and

Yes. The vein does jump out as ugly, but I doubt the manufacturer will replace due to some expected randomness. You'll just get used to it.

"Have you ever added color to quartz to make the vein flow a bit better? Is that possible?"

No and no.

I offered to drill and fill a bright red contaminant out of a lady's white quartz countertop once and she damn near threw me out of her home. It musta grew on her.

You wanna talk about resin pooling? According to estone manufacturers, it's a feature, not a bug:

Quartz never really looks like marble. It looks like a reproduction. The area you pointed out looks like a smear. It is probably just the product and they probably won't replace it.

"I actually think the faded middle makes it look less like stone and more like a print, when we assess the rest of the stone."

Quartz never has the beauty of real stone. Whether that spot was there or not would not change anything. It still looks fake and an imitation of actual stone.

It took me awhile to figure out what you were talking about. i doubt anyone else will notice. some may notice it looks fake altogether, but outside of this forum that will be rare. :)