From the various photos and videos I'd seen of White Silver, I liked it. However, I saw a White Silver Golf in the flesh the other day and now I'm not so sure.
It wasn't a performance model, and I daresay that a White Silver GTI with the red accents would look quite good. However, the one I saw did look a bit like a car that had been primered but VW had forgotten to apply the colour coat. If I wanted a light coloured GTI I think I'd choose Pure White over White Silver and save myself £290, although in reality, I'd go for Isaac Blue, which is the same cost as White Silver!
It's good that we don't all like the same things though.