After years of dark cherry cabinets and brown granite countertops, white and bright are back in kitchens. Want evidence? Look no further than next weekend’s Home Improvement Showcase, featuring ...

A large luxury kitchen with white quartz island and white countertops.© Photo: iStoc A kitchen with dark grey cabinets and brown granite island and countertops.© Photo: istockphoto.com ...

You can find black, white, gray, and brown granite, but it's also available in blues and pinks. Quartz manufacturers can add pigments to their countertops, creating a rainbow of colors.

Maestri Studio makes white cabinets paired with dark countertops look stunning too. In this kitchen, Sherwin Williams Snowbound (SW7004) pops against black granite.

Granite also contains mica and amphibole minerals – “a group of generally dark colored minerals often containing ions or magnesium that can be green, black, white, yellow, blue or brown.” ...