Is Black the New Black?

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For a very long time, stainless steel has been the standard for kitchens. It is the appliance color of choice for selling a home quickly.

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Now, a few manufacturers, KitchenAid, LG, and Samsung, are introducing black stainless steel. The claim is that it mixes with stainless and is poised to knock stainless steel of the throne. 

I am not so sure that a mix of appliance colors will make a kitchen work. 

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At all. Will using black stainless make a kitchen with mixed appliances look more cohesive? 

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Or will it just look more like when your blacks don't match? 

What do you think? Is black the new black? Or, more precisely, is black the new stainless?