Furniture, Wood and Cabinetry Finishing - finishing an oak kitchen table

I have just finished stripping an oak table and repainting with a semi-gloss acrylic latex paint. We are planning on "distressing" it by sanding lightly in likely places (trying to match chairs bought separately) and I'm wondering what type of finishing product I can put over the top? Do you recommend a polyurethane (seems it may affect the color) or tung oil or polyacrylic (something water clear?). I've read on the minwax web site that their polycrylic product "may amber" a bit - we've painted the table white, are there any other thoughts?
This is my first finishing project so thank you in advance for any advice.

A clear finish such as polycrilic would protect the damaged finish and bare wood. Water based products do not yellow over time as do alkyd products.

On the winwax polycrylic web site it says that "it might amber" is this true? The table will be in a very bright sunlit kitchen.

If you are going to distress it, you'll want a slight amber look, otherwise you'll have a brand new looking beat up table. Don't look at the amber a necessarily a bad thing: take a look at any old beat up table (lol, particularly if it came from a house full of smokers). It's often quite yellow.

BTW you probably won't like the latex finish after a while, not the most durable choice. A good oil based paint or perhaps even an enamel like Rust-O-Leum would have been a more durable choice.