I've never understood how the white is distracting? I have a white iPad 2 and a blue/white iPod Touch. I am a film nerd, and it isn't the least bit distracting. :-/
I'm severely dissapointed with mine. After a day of using it, my iPod randomly started shutting down, requiring a restore multiple times. I'm sure its a hardware malfunction, but I would still like to have a functioning iPod the first time and not have to drive 2 hours to the nearest Apple retail store to get it fixed.
Maybe call Apple first? They probably would exchange it for you, rather than fix it...
So how's the day to day battery life? I use mine everyday and quite frequently so I would like to know just average battery life. My current 4th gen gets a day and a half on iOS 6.