We having a new kitchen and prefer free standing appliances (having said that the oven will be integrated). The oven and present microwave are stainless steel/black. DH doesn't see any reason to replace our washing machine (fair enough) and that's white. We're replacing integrated fridge/freezer with a free standing one.
Would you go for white or stainless steel? Kitchen will be a smokey blue colour. It's light enough in there at moment, but is north facing.