I’m just here looking for other people’s opinions to see if that would help determine if these two match. Yes, we can determine if a paint color and an object - in your case a counter top - relate in terms of color. There's a process to follow, however, so it's a specific color strategy and not abstract guessing while standing in a paint store. We qualify the relationship on the three psychological dimensions of color hue, value and chorma. Using a standard light source called D65. We can also check it under other light sources. The science rule of thumb is if the color "match" or relationship works under 2 to 3 light source models, like daylight D65 and standard incandescent (in science terms called Illuminant A), then it's highly likely that the color relationship - the colors will go together - under ANY light source. This has nothing to do with photos of anything, btw. In order to do this, we need the color data values, the color measurement from the granite sample itself. You would do this using a Color Muse. We do this all day, every day here at The Land of Color. Because we understand everyone isn't an interior designer. Many need a framework to follow to figure out color conundrums. You just need to understand - and it sounds like you do - that your granite sample may not be exact to the slab that ends up installed. I've never personally seen that be that big of an issue, meaning the color appearance from sample to slab is usually close enough that the paint colors identified based on the sample work.

I just went to the MSI showroom to view slabs. The slabs of Arno I saw had dark gold veining only with a bright white background. No other colors or variation. It was pretty. I'm on the fence. Our contractor said to look for jumbo sizes only. I wasn't expecting that and now feel somewhat limited. Arno is pretty and comes in prefab and jumbo size. Check out Vadara Quartz. I prefer their quartz colors. I also went to their showroom and I think their quartz is gorgeous.

There isn't much to post...all cabinets have been removed. Here's the space as it looks now. This picture was taken at 9:30am (window faces East/North East. The area that shows new flooring is where the old kitchen was and had tile flooring. The new kitchen will take up the whole area. The current paint color is a soft beige/yellow that was popular when the house was built in 2008.

Last week we had Laza installed from Home Depot and we love it! We have alot of work left to do on our reno, but thought I would throw up some pics. When doing our research, I appreciated everyone's pics and reviews. We absolutely made the correct decision. We had 74 sq feet installed for $6600. I believe it is the old Laza, because we saw the new Laza and it did not have the same amount of "thin" veining (see the pic of the full slab, that was the new Laza). The undertone of the quartz is more white than cream or gray -- the pic by the coffee maker and fridge cab make it look creamier than it actually is. The installers did such a great job, there is one seam at the faucett hole, and one straight seem at the corner -- can't see either one. Bottom pic, trying to give a better perspective of the undertone color of the quartz -- the tile on the left has a very slight cream color and the tile on the right is more of a pure white. It's difficult to capture by camera.