This is all very interesting, but how would we know what color you would like to grill on? There are guys on here that have built stables (herds, lines, etc.) of all black grills. It's gonna be your cooker, get what you want, man! They all cook good food.
I never realized that our neighbors to the north were so CL limited, or else I would recommend the color "SS" as the starting point for a Performer. For the bowl? I'm with HFG, one of each. I don't have any of the current colors at all, I only have black and a couple discontinued colors.