I love my all KA kitchen too. Congratulations!

Color. You need color. The paint samples are all nice but they won't do anything to cheer up/brighten up that kitchen. If you don't want color on the walls, then use your lightest Warm Neutral, brighten up the space with accessories and doodads in a bright cheerful color... and I myself would paint the dining set a matching bright cherry color. (Meant to say cheery, but Cherry sounds pretty good!)

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The wood will wear better than paint. For now, and for a future rental. There are several things to change about the space, but the cabinets aren’t one of them. Not everything is a nail that needs only a hammer as a solution. There are other tools in the toolbox. Every home and client requires an individual response. It’s not the same solution every time. Which is why wood is surging strongly as a decorative choice. People inevitably became bored with the one note One True Kitchen, that thou shall have no other kitchens before it. https://www.houzz.com/discussions/2698630/what-is-the-one-true-kitchen-i-want-photo-examples-please Quoting Marcolo from that thread, who is solely missed. The whole thread deserves to be enshrined, but this should be embroidered as the forum banner. And the One True Kitchen spoke to her, making her heart sing: I. I am the One True Kitchen, who brought thee out of the land of cheap builder's grade oak and shiny brass. Thou shalt not install any strange kitchens before Me; nor paint thy walls a non-neutral color; nor make for thyself any likeness of the Sopranos' kitchen, or early '90s Tuscan. Nor shalt thou apply any graven appliques upon thy Shaker cabinets. Thou shalt not prefer other kitchen styles, for I, the One True Kitchen, am a jealous Kitchen, visiting iniquity on them that hate Me. II. Thou shalt not take any countertop unless it came with veins. III. Remember the annual Crown Point holiday sale; eleven months shalt thou pay full retail; but on the twelfth month thou shalt negotiate, when it shall be surprisingly affordable. IV. Honor thy subway tile and thy farmhouse sink, that thou shall not tire of thy kitchen for many days. V. Thou shalt not spill, especially wine or lemon juice unless thou buyest soapstone. VI. Thou shalt not commit to any slab unless thou hast tested it first with ketchup. VII. Thou shalt steal everything from Christopher Peacock's website that isn't tied down and copy it exactly. VIII. Thou shalt not bear to go without a false door unless it is up against a neighboring cabinet. IX. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's colorful countertop; or her colorful backsplash; or her colorful paint; or her stained cabinets; or her dreadful four-inch strip of granite before the tile starts, what was she thinking. X. Thou shalt not covet anything that is thy neighbor's, for it is not timeless and classic and she has no taste.