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Thank you for the opinion, I think with the light brown (natural) hoods and a leather saddle roll there will be even more going on, so I think the black tape will be a safe bet. I will put the old cork tape for some cushioning under the cotton tape, whick will give me a good impression of how it looks with a black tape, so I might give the yellow tape a quick try, just for the sake of it. Adjusting levers and putting the new hoods is a bit of a PITA due to the non aero design and a 8mm nut instead of an allen key bolt (have to tighten/ untighten with pliers, since I have no appropriate tools here).
My stay here supposed to be a reward for the hard studying and working last 4 years, but a very close person passed away at home, so my stay here turned to be much shorter and a complety different experience. Hopefully I will be able of taking this to Toscana for couple of days of riding before heading home.
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Really cool build and enjoy your time there.
My votes (in order) for cable / bar tape:
I don't think the yellow tape and yellow cables you have match with each other and they won't match with the gum walls (even less once riden). If you use yellow it should be once and as a contrast colour. The blue bike you posted exemplifies why yellow + yellow doesn't work. Even if you got tape and cables the same yellow I'm not sure. Plus with the groupset black accents I think you need either black cables or tape to tie in with them.
Or do what you want. As you say you can put black tape on top.