It's no surprise that Apple isn't going to stop with the iPhone when it comes to variations in color and we are likely to see at least a couple of options when it comes to the iPad as well. We aren't expecting the iPhone 5C color palette, but it looks like the iPad mini 2 at least will come in both the standard aluminum as well as Apple's new "space grey" color...
Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/iPad-mini-2-images-compare-aluminum-to-space-grey_id47562
Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/iPad-mini-2-images-compare-aluminum-to-space-grey_id47562