If there is sufficient natural light in the kitchen and you would really like natural granite, then a bold contrast using blue pearl or black galaxy could work (as kimmh72 suggested). While blue pearl would compliment the colour scheme of your (adjoining?) living room, black galaxy has interesting gold specks. It is of course more expensive, but the highly reflective surface may offset the darker colour. Stone mason can loan you larger pieces of samples that you can take home and see how they'll look in your kitchen. An advice from another Houzz member regarding engineered stone, is to be careful with spills on benchtop, it can be stained if not wipe off quickly. I should imagine it more critical for lighter colours. Take your time and talk to cabinet makers & stone masons. They'll most likely know just the perfect benchtop for your kitchen.

Hi Joaney & Lainy I also use only windex on all my bench tops. The granite I had before was a white with a few burgundy streaks and gorgeous highlights through it. Can't remember the name, might have been River White but not sure and I found nothing stained it at all. The marble in my bathrooms I have now look very expensive and impressive but I know every single mark on them even though a visitor mightn't pick them out. In my kitchen I now have Caeser stone and if you want a virtually indestructible bench top this would be it. I have blackbutt timber floors and as they have a lot of color, I chose all white in the kitchen with just a tiny fleck. I just love granite because of the beautiful grains you get running through it.

Thanks for you opinion, Judy! I will ask colour selection consultant whether I can get the same colour of WIP door as joinery doors once I hear from the builder. It has been hard to reach them lately lol

Hi OB Perth First I have to say I love your slab of Granite, looks similar to Titanium Granite but different; can I please ask what it is? Getting back to your question though, using different colours on sections of cabinets and different colour bench top materials is quite popular these days. So in short this is a resounding yes, your scheme will work well. Just be sure to pick a white cabinet colour that complements the white stone bench material. Hope this helps, Malcolm.