Hmmm, you may be right.
There is one other sample that would be OK, but it doesn't have the flecks in it--it's just a plain solid color. Which might not be bad, just not sure.
Here are both, just for the sake of comparison. I also like the kind of grayish-ness of the first one. And I do have fairly bright fluorescent lighting in the kitchen, as well as light from windows on either end (the galley has an open area at the end with the wall).
I'll have to think about it over the next couple of days and get a couple of opinions from my neighbors and the tile guy.