I too am having cherry cabinets with a medium finish. What colors are you thinking of using for the rest of the kitchen? With the cherry your options are really wide open.

I am using a very patterned granite with movement called typhoon bordeaux. I've included a picture of my granite.

Here is a link that might be useful: {{!gwi}}

I went with Solarius but any cream and rust colored granite would have done well. I wasn't fond of granites with yellow or pink. Or gray-but I'm not a big "gray" fan. Try marble.com for some ideas. If you'd prefer a darker counter, maybe Magma or Mascarello would work. Best plan is to go to a granite yard where you can wander and look at the slabs. The colors can be very different in person compared to a photo.

Absolutely go to the yard. I had no idea what I wanted for a granite until I saw it and fell in love. I then based my LR/DR/kitchen colors on the granite.

oooooooh Maddie,
You are so lucky to have Cherry. Cherry goes with
everything. Definitley visit the granite yard but before
you do, search on Google or FKB (finished kitchen blog)
and see what you like. That way when you visit the granite
yard you can zone into the slabs that you think you will
love more. Do you like dark? Light? warm? Cool? Movement?
Pattern? Solid? Plain? Speckled?

And then there is the edge to think about. What kind of
edge to your chosen rock do you want? What about the seams
where should they go... So much to plan.
Meanwhile here are some images that might help you
narrow down your search.

Enjoy the process, it is so exciting. New counters!!!
~boxerpups

Cream bordeux

Verniz Tropical

Green Butterfly (looks almost black )

Yellow River Granite

Vyara Granite

Lapidus Granite

Emerald Pearl Granite

Bianco Romano
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Golden Beaches Granite

Juparana Florence

Azul Aran (Yes this is not cherry but notice the stone)

Brazillian Black

What riverspots said!

I didn't want anything pink, grey, or yellow. I kind of wanted green but my family nixed that idea. Probably a good thing ;)

Solarius was high on my list too! I went with Golden Crema which seems to have all the same colors in it as Solarius, just arranged a little differently.

Medium Cherry cabinets and Impala Black (actually dark and med grays). I love the combo as I feel the black cools down all the red in the Cherry. I think the kitchen would look parched if I had gone with a brown granite.

Jodi-

Jodi, that's beautiful! You're backsplash really ties the cabs to the granite nicely.

Jodi's kitchen is one of my inspirations! It is gorgeous!

I have polished Absolute Black Premium... We love it!

Thanks Marcy and Buehl.

Jodi-

Jodi...
i love your back splash...do you know the name of it?

Gina, the backsplash is Jeffrey Court's Chapter 9, Pietra Opus, Quartz Brick, Fire & Ice. Fire & Ice for short.

Jodi-

I wanted the calmer look of quartz in my kitchen, so I chose Yellow Nile Silestone in the leathered finish. It has irregular splotches in it that pick up the color of the cherry. I wanted a creamy kitchen.

{{!gwi}}

I have Coast Green, it is quite green with flecks and white and ivory. Costa Esmerelda is nice as well, but more expensive and less "green" with more gray.

Yes, cherry goes with almost anything. We chose a dark Kashmir Gold to go with ours. I'm including a link to the thread that has the pics.

Here is a link that might be useful: Our kitchen remodel