I used to have it and I always thought of it as dark green, but then we'd often get compliments on our "black granite" so I guess it looks black to many people. I still say green, though.

I have it on my master bath vanities; the only time it seems very dark green is if very direct bright sunshine is on it, otherwise it looks black.

Perception is a funny thing. When my hubby hit a deer, smashing in the front of my white car he was able to repair it with junkyard parts but they were different colors. He claims the hood is blue and the fender is red. Okay, the fender is red but I say the hood is dark green. (I know y'all are envying my car, but it's paid for!) Anyhoo, I refer to it as the Mexican Flag which really gets his goat for some reason!

caramia, if we both saw Uba Tuba granite we'd each probably give you a different answer. :)

LOL! Your car sounds interesting! I hit a deer once but that's another story :)

I really want a dark granite but I don't think I want green. But it don't get a lot of direct sunlight on the countertop so maybe...... I'll go back and look at it again!

Uba Tuba is dark green.

If you do a search over in Kitchens you will find many posts about it.

This link will show what it looks like in a kitchen. Look at the first pic as that shows the green.

Here is a link that might be useful: {{!gwi}}

My kitchen is uba tuba black and my sister who lives in another state has dk green uba tuba. We looked at our invoices and found that one is uba tuba-amazon and one uba tuba-bahrain. Don't know if this refers to the color or refers to the origin of the granite but might explain why there are two different colors.

My mother's UT (in a white kitchen with darkish wood floors) is dark green. Pretty bad about showing smears/streaks. Lots of light in her kitchen and we're both fanatics about streak free/smear free counter tops. Most people don't have any complaints about UT "showing" anything.
Monica

I went back to Home Depot to look at it and it looks as black as night. I want something that I can use almost any color with and I won't get tired of.

Mine looks black!

black

We have UbaTuba in the master bath, ours "reads" black with goldish veins but when I turn on the overhead halogen lights you can clearly see the green.

Susan

My UT is on my fireplace surround. It is in a dark corner with little natural light and it looks black and surprisingly matte. Very different from how it looked in the store.

Can you get an UT tile or a big sample?. Then you can see how it will look like in your light.

I'd like to withdraw my previous statement that mom's UT "reads" dark green :o I was there today and after closer inspection, have to say, that overall, it looks more black than dark green....still shows smears pretty bad tho. Sorry if I mis-led anyone.
Monica

Mine is definitely black with greenish, goldish and even silver undertones. I have used some green and silvers to decorate. I love mine. My walls are a lite beigy/green. And I have one shade darker then natural cherry cabinets. Red oak flooring. It all looks great together.

Mine definitely reads black also. I went in search of black granite and chose ubatuba even though I realize it's technically categorized as green. I like the veins and gold flecks in it.

Mimi, I love your kitchen!

Our Uba Tuba has some dark green veining in it, but it looks black unless bright sunlight is shining directly on it. I think you could pretty much use any color with it. In our kitchen I've used some mustard gold, cobalt blue, sage green, clay red, and black accents with the granite. All look good with Uba Tuba.
I simply spray some Pledge on the counters and wipe it down and they shine like glass. If I get a build up, I clean with Windex and start over again with Pledge.

I don't have light shining directly on mine but it reads black to me. I picked it at the stone yard looking for black with a little bit of browns and then saw on the kitchen forum that it is considered green. I was horrified because I already painted the room it was going in dark blue. I didn't want blue and green together but now that the UT is in, it still reads black to me so I didn't re-paint.