Heh yeah, the SE cream pickup rings are a hideous yellowy colour that doesn't go with any aftermarket pickups. My SE Zach Myers has them, they don't look as bad on a pale washed out green colour guitar as a guitar whos colour has some contrast.
I really like the Guildford wood rings. I put some maple ones on my SE 24 Floyd rose. I wanted the rings to roughly match the natural binding from the maple cap.
You can see both my SE's in this pic. The ZM has the Zebra pickups where the cream matches the rings. Doesn't look too bad because of the guitar colour.
Id love it if they were cream. And this is brand new, so maybe they should match the carpets with the drapes like everyone else?