Oh, that is sooo beautiful!! What color are your cabinets? All I can offer is to try to match that large patch of cream......

Nancy

Thanks Nancy! My cabinets are cherry in a java/peppercorn color.

That granite to me screams STAINLESS! All the beautiful mica would really set it off and you don't need to worry about the plethora of colors going on. Seems the silvery mica is seen in both pictures.
Another option would be to find a mosaic with browns, creams in it as an accent to a more plain background color like white or cream.

Also,without seeing the WHOLE kitchen, it is more difficult. Like if you have a cottage look, stainless probably won't work, but if it is modern/contemporary, I think it will. Perhaps posting different views of the whole kitchen would help us out too.

Perhaps something like this for the mosaic-I see grey in your granite on my screen as well as the browns, creams

I may be the lone dissenter as far as mosaic. I think you need just a plain backsplash. If you go with a mosaic, it would detract from your counters. If anything, maybe a line of mosaic within your "plain" backsplash. I think you need to find a color within that pulls from the granite while tying into your wall color. Maybe that will make it all flow. You aren't going to find one that looks perfect with all parts with all the color variances. It looks like your walls are grey, maybe a tile in grey or a beveled glass.
Good luck!
Kim

Here is a link that might be useful: maybe the smooth grey here.

Here's one of the views to the kitchen.

Oh wow-love the piece behind the range! I'm not sure about the mosaic for an accent now with that up there.
I'm picturing a cream tile, maybe one with a bit of color variation in it, and I'd actually do a gloss porcelain NOT glass in that space. Remember, it needs to BLEND with the stone, it doesn't need to MATCH every square inch of the stone.

Along baha's thought ,my top three choices would be cream, cream and cream! Your granite is the star, plus you used it as a major focal point above the range.
As we often say here, your eyes need a place to rest. You alredy have your WOW.

Now that i'm looking at the picture closer, what is the utensil holder to the right of the range? I'm thinking that color, maybe a shade lighter, but that would be a great piece to take in with you to a tile store and go with that tone.

I can see white-with reflectivity-plain subway/or simple single tone mosaic. There's a little formality in your space with the light fixtures/floor/darker cabs and white just keeps it easy and classy. I guess a bisque or cream would clash with the greenish wall color by the lounge,in my opinion.

We have the same granite .... absolutely LOVE it. We used the Jeffrey Court Chapter #12 (I think!!) in French Crema and it looks great with this granite. Blends well and doesn't compete. We used the 6x6 tiles on the diagonal ... and behind my sink, we put 1x1 mosaic tiles in a browny/mushroomy color. The 6x6 tiles around these mosaics, was laid straight (not diagonally).

Check out Jeffrey Court tiles ... they are gorgeous!!!

jody

Thanks Bahacca for the suggestion. I'll be going back to the tile store this weekend. I didn't think that I would have more trouble with the BS than I did with all of the other decisions.

I probably wouldn't do a patterned glass tile as that stone is already very busy (in a good way!). My first inclinations would be to go simple with a cream ceramic subway, maybe a crackle or maybe travertine or limestone in a creamy beige. Take a look at Sonoma tile's stone line, maybe some Tantrum inserts, which is a crackled glass, in a brown to pull an accent color from the granite.

Seen from the usual point of view, the large cream splotches are the dominant feature. And they are slightly squared and rectangular with the veining in them.

Plain cream rectangular tiles would protect the wall and enhance the granite, not fight with it for attention.

Sounds boring, but if you start installing mosaics, accent tiles, lines of fancy stuff, stainless and other blingy materials, the granite will cease being the focal point and the kitchen will be "restless" and "busy".