My current kitchen has white upper and lower cabinets with a black stove and dishwasher.
Black or white cabinets.
My kitchen looks huge and i receive so many complements.
This will give you a clean contemporary look without going totally dark or overwhelming the senses.
I also have a section with open shelves and some with glass fronts and a copper sink.
It doesn t look bad to me.
Also one photo gives you a more wider view of the kitchen and one photo is more of a close up shot.
Overall a white or light kitchen will evoke a clean and sanitary look.
The island will also be stained black.
This can be both timeless and fresh and as an overall approach will never go completely out of style.
My large island is antiqued white cabinets with black granite.
Six years later i still love it.
Light granite counter top.
I much prefer the black.
My walls are also a bright turquoise.
The white just looks cheap to me.
Since cabinets take up a lot of visual space a lighter colour for the cabinets helps give a more expansive feel.
I m surprised to say that because i much prefer white usually especially in farmhouse design.
A splash of color like red mixed in with the black makes for a dramatic fun look as well.
The photo of the white cabinets just does not look as appealing especially since the refrigerator looks awkward in the space.
For a large kitchen with many cabinets consider placing an island with black cabinets in the center and then make the rest of the cabinets white.
We are building a house right now and we plan to put white upper cabinets and stained black lower cabinets in the kitchen.