To me the choice of colour was not dependend on what i liked but what i thought practical.
First there is the temperature. In summer (driving to greece) we dont want anything darker than lets say your yellow. White being the best colour to keep the heat out, I think your option is fine.
Than there is that other factor, the element of disguise. The beauty of the california is that it looks like a regular van. For two reasons.
I dont want to attract attention to people with bad intentions. When you are clearly on holiday, they know you carry all your stuff with you, including probably some electronics.
This is why we chose fully white, this makes it look more like a regular ‘work’ van.
The other reason is that we sometimes sleep on a parking spot where we are actually not allowed to spent the night. Than we close our curtains and keep the top down and the ‘reflection thing’ behind our front screen. (Sorry i am dutch, dont know all the english words). We never got caught because nobody expects a person in the van. This is a great advantage if you are the type of traveler that doesnt plan where they are going too much. Because sometimes you just might end up in places (wich can be realy nice!).
For the element of disguise, fully white, like a builders van, was best for us.
It is also why we did not take the ‘sunsscreen/blinds on the side of the roof’ option. Apart from it having an effect on aerodynamics (and we were scared it would ‘whistle/wisper’ with certain winds) it gives away you are a mobile home.
I dó actually love the holiday colours, such as the yellow. But another reason why i did not choose the two block colours on our t6 is because it belongs to someting that its not. The oldfashioned van, was very, very different. The colour blocks looked like an integral part of its design. On a t4/5/6 it doesnt. And when you think about it, and are honest with your self, you know that it is actually a cosmetic trick that does not belong to this model, even tho you realy want it to.
Being very happy with our white van, i have different ideas about colours when considering something that is not available with VW. If i was to repaint the van for example (or sticker it?), we would probably go for completely different arguments and therefor colours.
We have a brand new T6 coast and sometimes wished it looked older and cheaper. In poorer countries our van lookes realy new and expensive. Not handy at all. Often we were afraid of leaving it behind to go and do stuff.
Even considered (very shortly
to put a logo sticker on it of a cleaning company.
When in nature, sleeping illegally over night, we feel the van should blend in more to draw less attention. Also, i realy dislike seeing those ugly ordinairy (mostly white) campervans standing in nature everywhere and ruining the view on the landscape. It has such a selfish feel to it.
This is why we will choose a very mat, light olive green colour if we ever repaint it. It will make it look cheaper and let it blend in better with nature.
The fact that all those ‘ugly ordinairy campervans’ are allmost always white, should also make you think! There is a reason why campers and caravans are white, and it has nothing to do with aesthetics.
These were my thoughts, after long long thinking, on the choice of colour. Good luck with making yours. I am sure you wont regret a thing cause the cali will simply bring you too much joy in life to be bothered any further once you have it.
Grape yellow? I kinda like it too
Choose a colour you like, not what anyone else thinks or what will will help when you come to sell it because it ewill be your baby! . "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!!" I was like you exactly a year ago, ask away, the cali gurus are amazing. I have ordered a Candy white Beach because i think white looks amazing and its Free 
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