Popular Granite Colors and Lighting Effects With Granite
Hi Tom. I am enjoying your site very much. We have a large kitchen with long counters on both sides as well as a raised counter/bar at the end of one of them. Our cabinets up are 48″ white (foiled) and below white (foiled). All appliances are white and the 18″ ceramic tile on the floor is white. We have had wallpaper professionally installed with large tropical leaves (of varying varieties and shades of green) each about a foot or so in length, all on a white background. I wish I could email a picture of the space to you to see. Our problem is that should we maintain the green hues in the granite, if we sell our home, is green granite a hindrance? Currently, the counter is mica and about the closest granite color would probably be Millenium Cream, so we don’t want to go the washed-out route. Any suggestions? Oh, and one more question, does overhead flourescent lighting make granite’s color change versus that of regular bulb and natural lighting? – Scott
Hello Scott,
Let me first say that granite definitely looks different under florescent lighting. Different colors show differently, but basically the florescent lighting tends to somewhat magnify the granite color. Definitely looks at your final samples under the lighting in your kitchen. Secondly, are green countertops in style? Well, according the statistics collected from the thousands of colors searches on www.GraniteStock.com, browns are the most popular, with Golds, Blacks, Greens and Creams basically tied for second place. Out of all the green colors, the most popular by color clicks are Verde Veneciano, Seafoam Green and Verde Butterfly. I think you are pretty safe with any of these and you better match the leaves to complete your design intent!
June 11th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
We are replacing our white formica countertops with granite. The room has a cream travertine-look floor tile and botticelli tumbled travertine backspash. Cabinets are a very pale blonde stained wood. We have black appliances and a brown table with black chairs with rush seats in the kitchen eating area. We are considering absolute black leather; terra brasilis; or seafoam green for the countertop. However, I collect Italian ceramics and other blue and white ceramics in the den – fairly open to the kitchen. I don’t want to get rid of the blue and white (also a coral sofa with heriz oriental rug) in the adjacent room. Which granite do you think would work best? Our style is somewhat traditional but with a clean, somewhat rustic look.