When the floor started going in we realized the pale yellow we'd been thinking about just wasn't going to work. So we're going with an off white of ~some~ kind. Right now we have hunter green in the kitchen/den, gold in the living room/dining room (office) and yellow in the foyer and upstairs hall.
I figure going to all white-ish in all of those areas will feel like moving to a bigger house.
"Sea Island Cotton" has a more pink-beige base rather than one that is yellow. Our foyer floor is slate in the green/red/purple colors, and this color looks really good with it.