I'm with Breezy on White Dove. It looked dingy compared to my other white finalists. I did discover that comparing color choices to one another muddied the waters, once you've narrowed it down to two or three choices. In the end, it's really how a single color looks in your space, not how it differs from a similar one. I think the light and other elements of your kitchen are huge factors, esp. the light. At certain times of day I get some green from neighbor's foliage, but I filter it out and don't see it anymore. It would be there regardless of the paint color.

I have the Subway Ceramics Avalon / Minas with a medium gray grout. And a Shaw's white sink, if anyone is considering that, by the way. (My contractor could have ordered it directly, but at his request, I went through a tile store, and by the time everyone had put their sugar onto it, it was OBSCENELY expensive.) I'm not an installation expert, but at least with the Subway Ceramics, the installers use little plastic spacers between the tiles (I think some others have their own spacers?) when they put them up, they don't do it freehand, so how much grout you get is a function of 1) the limits set by the curvature of the tile and 2) what size spacers they use. So you might be willing to go a little darker with a smaller grout line, or with a handmade tile that refuses to go close together, you might want to stay light. The traditional color is close to concrete. But most modern people don't seem to like that, so do what pleases you!

I can only show you pics of black iris I have. I don't think Photobucket works with houzz, but perhaps you can follow the links? Lighting affects how they look though. Diabolique-purple shows more in brighter light <a href="http://s18.photobucket.com/user/NGraham/media/iris/100_4328.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/NGraham/iris/100_4328.jpg" border="0" alt="Diabolique photo 100_4328.jpg"/></a> Here Comes the Night <a href="http://s18.photobucket.com/user/NGraham/media/iris/P1020759_zps32355bed.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/NGraham/iris/P1020759_zps32355bed.jpg" border="0" alt="Here Comes the Night photo P1020759_zps32355bed.jpg"/></a> Raven Girl <a href="http://s18.photobucket.com/user/NGraham/media/iris/P1020793_zpsc3d18487.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b108/NGraham/iris/P1020793_zpsc3d18487.jpg" border="0" alt="Raven Girl photo P1020793_zpsc3d18487.jpg"/></a> Send me a message if you can't view these & I'll figure it out. I have a couple of others, but I think these are very black.

I like charcoals or almost black colors more than black usually. Maybe it’s the complexity of not being either / or. But grab some samples, paint a big spot somewhere you know gets sun, a spot you know gets shade and see what you like.