Clive George wrote:
It'll be appalling unless you're prepared to keep it utterly clean and
shiny - and it'll still look naff even then.

(my wife has just suggested getting a spaghetti sauce coloured hob...)

A friend of mine rented a house last year which had a brand new kitchen
with a marble worksurface which was a horrendous off white colour with
reddy brown spots.

It really was difficult to see where it was clean and where it was
covered in, say, a splodge of spilt curry sauce.

I couldn't decide whether it was eminently practical or not!