Category — Melamine Color Coordination Guide

Anyone who has tried to match colors when buying online knows how difficult it is. Colors vary on each computer, depending on the resolution, the quality of the display and often the quality of the photograph itself. Our eyes all perceive color differently too. This makes matching anything a challenge.

One of the issues that has come up in the past few months is how our solid color melamine dishes coordinate with the patterned ones. And what seemed at first like a no-brainer, is in fact a bit more challenging.

Colors that we thought would obviously go together, when put side by side, actually do not work.

In an effort to help our customers pick out the best possible combination, we have devised a buying guide that we will divide by pattern to keep things simple. We photographed each design with each solid, so you can see for yourself. And we will give our opinion and rank them according to our personal opinion (and since we have them here, we can tell honestly and without the biais of a monitor, what we feel works).

Limone – Lemons

View the different Limone pieces

1. With red

Very bright and summery, a good combination

2. With Green

Can work depending on what else is on the table, the greens do not clash as they can do with other patterns

3. With Blue

Not the best combination but then that’s not unexpected since Limone does not have any blue in it. But we’re just trying to be thorough…

4. With yellow

Excellent combination and very Summery!

The verdict:

We feel Yellow is the best, followed by red

Green is not bad and can work well

Blue is not recommended

Anyone who has tried to match colors when buying online knows how difficult it is. Colors vary on each computer, depending on the resolution, the quality of the display and often the quality of the photograph itself. Our eyes all perceive color differently too. This makes matching anything a challenge.

One of the issues that has come up in the past few months is how our solid color melamine dishes coordinate with the patterned ones. And what seemed at first like a no-brainer, is in fact a bit more challenging.

Colors that we thought would obviously go together, when put side by side, actually do not work.

In an effort to help our customers pick out the best possible combination, we have devised a buying guide that we will divide by pattern to keep things simple. We photographed each design with each solid, so you can see for yourself. And we will give our opinion and rank them according to our personal opinion (and since we have them here, we can tell honestly and without the biais of a monitor, what we feel works).

Daisies

View the different Daisy pieces

1. With yellow

Fresh, not a bad combination at all

2. With blue

It is feasible but perhaps not the best combination for this pattern

3. With green

Not really good, the green is too ‘olive’

4. With red

Not ideal but it could work with the right table linens and accessories

Our verdict:

Yellow is best

Blue can work

Red is really dependant on what else is on the table

Green is not recommended

Anyone who has tried to match colors when buying online knows how difficult it is. Colors vary on each computer, depending on the resolution, the quality of the display and often the quality of the photograph itself. Our eyes all perceive color differently too. This makes matching anything a challenge.

One of the issues that has come up in the past few months is how our solid color melamine dishes coordinate with the patterned ones. And what seemed at first like a no-brainer, is in fact a bit more challenging.

Colors that we thought would obviously go together, when put side by side, actually do not work.

In an effort to help our customers pick out the best possible combination, we have devised a buying guide that we will divide by pattern to keep things simple. We photographed each design with each solid, so you can see for yourself. And we will give our opinion and rank them according to our personal opinion (and since we have them here, we can tell honestly and without the biais of a monitor, what we feel works).

Black and White Wallpaper

View the different Black Wallpaper pieces

1. With yellow

Dramatic, looks nice

2. With blue

Not really.

3. with Green

Kind of depends on the decor, we think

4. With red

Our favorite

The verdict:

Red works best, yellow is not bad. We do not really like the blue or green but especially with the green, it’s all a matter of what works in your decor and color scheme.

Green and white wallpaper

View the different Wallpaper pieces

1. With red

Ho hum

2. With Green

Not very good at all

3. with blue

Again, not great

4. with yellow

Not really either

Our verdict:

None work very well at all. We would recommend waiting for the arrival of the cream and white solid dishes, later in Spring of 2008 at which time we will of course post an update!

Anyone who has tried to match colors when buying online knows how difficult it is. Colors vary on each computer, depending on the resolution, the quality of the display and often the quality of the photograph itself. Our eyes all perceive color differently too. This makes matching anything a challenge.

One of the issues that has come up in the past few months is how our solid color melamine dishes coordinate with the patterned ones. And what seemed at first like a no-brainer, is in fact a bit more challenging.

Colors that we thought would obviously go together, when put side by side, actually do not work.

In an effort to help our customers pick out the best possible combination, we have devised a buying guide that we will divide by pattern to keep things simple. We photographed each design with each solid, so you can see for yourself. And we will give our opinion and rank them according to our personal opinion (and since we have them here, we can tell honestly and without the biais of a monitor, what we feel works).

Bandol Fruit

View the different Bandol pieces

1. With red

A good choice, bright and it does bring out the red in the fruit on the plate

2. With green

A good choice also, the greens are not the same but they work fine nonethless

3. With Blue

Also quite good, the blues coordinate very nicely and it brings out the blue on the border and in the grapes

4. With yellow

Like the other colors, works quite well.

The Verdict

All colors work quite well, this is one of the only patterns where there is no real favorite, so let your color preferences guide you.

Anyone who has tried to match colors when buying online knows how difficult it is. Colors vary on each computer, depending on the resolution, the quality of the display and often the quality of the photograph itself. Our eyes all perceive color differently too. This makes matching anything a challenge.

One of the issues that has come up in the past few months is how our solid color melamine dishes coordinate with the patterned ones. And what seemed at first like a no-brainer, is in fact a bit more challenging.

Colors that we thought would obviously go together, when put side by side, actually do not work.

In an effort to help our customers pick out the best possible combination, we have devised a buying guide that we will divide by pattern to keep things simple. We photographed each design with each solid, so you can see for yourself. And we will give our opinion and rank them according to our personal opinion (and since we have them here, we can tell honestly and without the biais of a monitor, what we feel works).

Dragone (Deruta Dragons)

View the different Dragone pieces

1. With Yellow

A good choice, nice and fresh

2. With blue

Not our favorite, but it does coordinate OK

3. With Green

Not really good. Green is the more difficult of the solid ones, and doesn’t work with a lot of patterns

4. With red

Pretty good – quite bright

The verdict:

Our favorite is the yellow, followed by the red. Blue can work. Green is not great.