If budget was a consideration for the Eco Cosentino Iron Ore, it will probably be a factor with a real blue granite. Besides, if you want your bs to stand out, I'd let it be the one strong blue element in the room. I'd like the Blue Volga or Blue Pearl because the blues in those are subtle and won't shout for attention. If you have the blue granite picked first, I'd want a calm bs. If you try to have too many stars in the room, then it gets noisy. We have Corian in their Rain Cloud pattern and it has a marble like vibe but it also has some small amount of taupe-ish beige. You would have to see if its soft white works with your cab's paint color. Here is a mellow pic of our counters. There is more color to them IRL but from the distance, they do look like a soft white. I am posting pix of this and linking to another one below to give you an idea of the color range to go with your tiles. You could find the equivalent in stone, but we are happy with the Corian. (try to find the seam.. even blown up big it is well done) I could also see a counter with an orange beige tone in it. That would work with the wood look floor and still pair with your cabs and bs. Here is a link that might be useful: Corian Saffron

Hi There, Thank you for asking. I did finally choose backsplash. After probably 50 samples, we finally went with a gray glass. Not what I would have envisioned but so many of the samples that I thought would look good, didn't. Here's a quick photo. The kitchen is a mess because I am just starting to put things in the cabinets, YAY!

Mountain pearl or Santa cattier ( hard to read) on the paint cards : nice for cabinets as they are slightly invigorating with the drab counter tone but not too much Either. They provide some life. The bigger green swatches under your hand are green . Not good: the tone is awkward w the counter. I’d get a tile something like those lighter paint colors which I think should be your cabinet color. The grout could be a little dusky like the counter. You can insert a darker tile w something going w it behind the range If you want but I don’t see it . The counter has such a meandering feel to it: nothing more needed . Statement made. more important might be the floor in all this.

Someone else just posted a completed remodel with that same last tile I think. It looks really cool if you have a big enough wall space for it! https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6201378/the-remodel-that-took-a-year