I am in a hurry, so I am going to post a link to my house photos, which include photos of our bianco romano granite with marble subway tile splash. Sorry for making you scroll down but there are a few photos of the kitchen. We are still very happy with our choices and we did our kitchen in 2004. Here is a link that might be useful: Wood cabs/bianco romano granite/ marble subway splash

I have blue pearl granite with white 4" ceramic tile backsplash, with blue pearl accents (white cabinets, unstained oak floor). Love my BS. Easy to clean and love how it brightens up the kitchen against my navy walls.

NAN95: Thank you for your suggestion. I too prefer the white subway tile with a lighter grout color, but I'm worried about the upkeep. I use turmeric in cooking frequently and it stains everything yellow :( I had splatters on kitchen wall in my old kitchen (luckily the walls were already painted yellow) so am worried about the staining. I have seen those amazing white on white back-splash tiles on Houzz! They look beautiful! Do you think if I seal the grout, it would be stain-free? Sarina: The kitchen is nearly done now :) We're missing countertops, back splash, hardware on cabinets. I agonized over the counter-top and the back splash the most! I was considering Frosty Carrina, but after seeing a sample of the London Grey I fell in love with it. I hope it will look calm, as you said, especially with dark cabinets! I try to post some pictures tomorrow.

We have walnut cabinets, a dark grey floor and stainless steel counters - very similar to your setup, but we have white painted boxes. We went with a handmade recycled tile, the debris series from fireclay. It was a fight to the death between a pale blue and a pale sage green, and a lot of discussion was had about format - 2x8 versus 4x4, etc. They have a lot of colors and formats to choose from. I was inclined toward white until it was all installed, and I realized that was too boring and the room needed color.