All the brands mentioned have produced guns with garish logos and extraneous barrel lettering, safety warnings and other nonsense. But in the case of Kimber and Colt, you have no other choice. With Ruger and S&W, there are enough choices this can be avoided.
The Kimber is relatively classy, but there's nothing that can easily be done about the deeply machined barrel and frame logos. Including the grips, the Kimber has 2 logos on each side and on one side it says "Kimber" twice. The Colt has a similar, even less tasteful logo on the barrel, and it has logos on the frame and the grips. In the case of the G10 grips, the logo is huge. Three logos on one side of a gun is over the top.
S&W has produced some guns with just as much graphic garbage, but consider the 640 Pro Series, which has a lot of similarities to the Colt and Kimber. It is relatively clean. The logo on the cheap rubber grips is redundant, but those can easily be changed out.
Look at the Model 19 Carry Comp or the Model 66 Combat Magnum, also in a similar category. In the case of the Model 19 CC, there's only one logo on the entire gun. The 66 has the redundant logo on the grips. Both have unfortunate excess of barrel lettering though. The Ruger SP101 comes with a totally clean left side and the logo and lettering on the right is relatively discrete. The LCR is not nearly so tasteful though.
Consider that a ~ $1000 compact revolver is more than just a duty gun. These also aren't bought just to be kept in a night stand or glove box or for plinking. For many buyers they are personal accessories. They're not polymer like a plastic watch, and people buying them should demand something more refined. In the case of particular models like the K6S DCR, they are (factory production) "gentlemen's" guns. Performance Center and Pro Series guns in this size are similar. The Colt is there just by virtue of its price, but it has none of the other qualities.