I think my wife has the right idea, she thinks that all the AV manufactures should be forced to make all their equipment in a standard selection of colours, so that it doesn't matter what you buy or who you buy from, you can always get it to match the rest of your equipment.
MS certainly have no excuse with the Elite and the HD DVD drive. Although personally I'd rather have an Elite in white, I went off black when I bought my 360, and I still think it looks so much cleaner