Are you planning to tile that whole wall? Have you picked a paint color for the room yet?

the dark tile is going to suck light out of this room, looks dark already. Can we see the room behind the kitchen to get a feel?

I am having 2 upper cabinets made. Open front 19x38 with glass shelves. Was thing of doing a dark gray behind stone to hide joints and maybe an accent wall to the left

Neither. The cool blue clashes with the warmer stone and the natural subway tile is horrible for a backsplash. It will be a pain to clean and it will be a little too busy, competing with the movement in the stone.

You need a very simple plain tan or cream subway tile.

I agree with Sina.

Also agree. I think the stone is going to be a grease and dust collector and the other doesn’t work with the counters. Vote for cream subway. Ducking now! :0)

I love your natural wood countertop. Why don't you continue it over on the other side rather than using the granite? If you are worried because that is the stove area, change the granite on that side to stainless. JMO.

I'm assuming you are having undercabinet and in cabinet lighting for those two?

I would wait for them to be installed and paint now in a tan color. This kitchen doesn't call for gray or blue.

Yikes!!! Very busy, colors are off and it's way too dark. Start over and go simple this time.

Of the two, the stone...the one on the right looks blue and doesn't go with the countertop. I think you can do much better than either of those though :-)

A bold and distinctive backsplash can look great in photos, not so great when real life takes over. Go simple and use accessories to give the oomph you're looking for. You'll be happier in the long run.

The countertop has a lot of swirls, lines & therefore has visual movement. It's a focal point.

Please do not do those mini thin tiles.

Generally, "busy patterns" match well with non-busy.

Putting togeather to many busy patterns or too many focal points can cause clash. Clash happens when the eye is busy trying to take it all end & the mind says "this doesn't make sense" or "what were they thinking?"

Imo, this photo example of clash. My eye wants to look at the countertop, but it's being distracted to the backsplash, then the tile. Too much.

The next photo lines & colors of backsplash & countertop competeing.

The next photo is better on the eye. The busy tile has a place & rests well with neutral backsplash bigger tiles.

Do these samples work?

Those look much better! Which colors do you like? From the photo, I like the glass one on the bottom on the left. It looks neutral and should work with the cool and warm elements in your kitchen.

I wouldn't do the busy glass mosaic shown in the last pic on the upper right corner. Are the tiles on the left going to be subway? Given your granite, it is best to go with a very simple backsplash and not the mosaic.

I agree, can't decide if to use small or the really large ones

If it were me, I would choose a color from the granite - a darker color that works with the granite and your wood, and put up a back painted backsplash over the entire area behind that range and hood. This way it is easy maintenance, no grout, color matches your granite. Here is the idea below. The particular substance this person used was a wood veneer behind the glass rather than paint because it went with their decor plans. You can do anything there, but simple will make your range area pop. I know this is not the style of your kitchen, I am just showing the backsplash treatment.

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I like that last group Musiccb!

If you wanted to get flash these 1" x 1" tiles would look more like a solid wall when up.

Susan Jablon champagne shimmer metallic.

We think a glass or subway tile in a cream/tan color would work best with your countertops. Just doing something very light and simple, like we did in our design below, will be lovely.

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Daltile Rittenhouse Square in Elemental Tan.

I like the glass, but would like it better in an even slightly smaller size. It looks like you would have maybe 6 tiles running across. I'd prefer a smaller size so you have enough tiles to not make the wall seem even shorter or go with a solid panel of glass. Classic square or subway can work -- I just think that large tile subway is too big for your space.

I'd go with a large scale tile or glass. The fewer grout lines, the better.

Or just a SS piece behind the range and paint.