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Fiesta Ware

dogluvrtoo — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:51:35 GMT

I'm trying to choose colors and I'm curious what combos You have. I just received the poppy and it is a very Bright orange so it's going back. I'm thinking about papricka and tangerine For something somewhat neutral.

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momshan — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:59:39 GMT

I have all the colors in the plates and I think the paprika and tangerine would be a super combo. I also love the cobalt and emerald green and anything with the sunflower color. I love the sunflower color! Can you tell. It is very hard to pick a favorite combo. The colors are so vibrant. Good Luck!

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depglass — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 18:02:44 GMT

I have mainly colors from the 30's and 50's, but I'm sure you will get many answers on the new colors. Most of these are on the intense side, as you noticed in the poppy. If you go to HomerLaughlin.com you will find a link on the left of the page called Colorama. With this handy tool you can change the individual colors of a place setting ad infinitum. Literally hundreds of combinations. My personal favorites are cobalt and sunflower, and turquoise and any orange.

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Phylly — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 18:03:18 GMT

I am a new collector--just started my collection in May. I have tangerine, cobalt, peacock, turquoise, poppy, scarlet, sunflower and lemongrass square place settings. I love the intense colors and the variety of all the colors! I just found that one can purchase the plum square place settings, and I will place an order soon.

It's definitely addicting!!

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willdob3 — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 18:25:43 GMT

Picking colors to start is so hard!

I wanted 4 different ones & ended up getting plates in turquoise, lemongrass, tangerine, and peacock. I love them all!

I don't need more plates but I think I'll add accessories in some other colors as well as matching ones. I really like the sunflower color a lot & want some pieces in that.

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chickenbutt — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 19:15:29 GMT

I'm probably pretty boring. Most of mine is scarlet and black. I have some tangerine, peacock, and plum (is that what the dark purple color is called?).

The ivory is very yellow-ish, so I found it unappealing. The white is too stark now, so I don't care for it. I have some old white pieces that look nice, though. I also have some of the obsolete pearl grey.

Also, even though I don't care for pink, I find the flamingo color to be very pleasing to the eye.

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Tyak — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 20:37:32 GMT

I have service for 12, all different colors. There are only the two of us, so you can see I have a bit of a problem with Fiestaware! There is a Fiestaware thread in this forum you might want to read, too.

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oceantown — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 22:05:46 GMT

Hi, dogluvrtoo,

I like the suggestion from depglass, to check out the colorama on HL's website.

I ordered (from amazon) 4 jumbo cups, one in each color I was considering. Cobalt, Peacock, Turquoise & White. I chose the jumbo cup because that was a great bowl/cup that I knew I would love, and it was not included in the place settings. I also like the idea of buying fruit bowls in the colors you are considering. They are so handy, love them.

So after living with the 4 jumbo cups for a while, we finally decided to order place settings in turquoise & white. I knew I could add additional colors in the future. Which I have done! I got the Dillard's exclusive small rice bowl in lemongrass, sunflower, tangerine, flamingo. Those colors go so great with turquoise & white.

Also have added some pieces in scarlet. Love turquoise & scarlet. Added more peacock too.

I also like ivory. I considered ivory & turquoise, but I also like the white with turquoise. Just so you are aware, sometimes silverware makes gray marks on white, and it is easily removed with barkeepers friend, a powdered cleanser.

I don't have any paprika pieces, but I have seen it in person and I think it is pretty. Tangerine is not as intense as the new Poppy, but I still think it is a bright color.

Are you ordering place settings? If so, when you order directly from HL you can choose to have the place settings include the java mug, which is a little larger than the original ring handle mug, and it also has a larger handle. I like the cup & saucer, java mug and jumbo cup!

Have fun!

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10sluvr — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 22:21:04 GMT

i have shamrock and scarlett (had to cover holidays) and sunflower and plum.(school colors) i have serving pieces in all 4 of the colors. i also have holiday editions, birthday/halloween,st. pat's and christmas.

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Demitra1 — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 22:30:51 GMT

I have "accent" pieces in yellow for spring/summer and orange for fall. I am slowly collecting the bake ware because I have been assured it does NOT eventually get small cracks in the glaze. I have had lots of bakeware from Phaltzcraft over the years and it all eventually cracked. My main dinnerware is white English Garden by Mikassa, so I just choose to accent with Fiesta.

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jeanlake — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 23:40:12 GMT

Scarlett, lemongrass, ivory

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jeanlake — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 23:41:03 GMT

My DIL loves her black and turquoise

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shoesnbags — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 01:34:29 GMT

I started a couple of months ago with lapis, turquoise, aqua and lemongrass in place settings and serving pieces. I love the shades of blue with the pop of lemongrass. But then I just couldn't resist flamingo, so I bought individual pieces in flamingo for times when I'm eating alone. I have my cereal every morning in a flamingo cereal bowl. To paraphrase someone in the loooong Fiesta thread, it's "happyware."

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2zbeach — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 03:50:24 GMT

I have basic colors..not sure of their exact names. Blue,red,yellow,and orange. Love to mix and match the colors. Macy's has great sale right now. Just FYI.

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Feline Fine — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:20:14 GMT

So far, I have a "Peacock" jumbo cup/mug and a "Lapis" salad plate. Something "Shamrock", and then "Cobalt Blue", will be next.

Can you tell that my two favorite colors are green and blue? LOL They're the main color accents in my home, and in every single room.

I'm fairly new to Fiestaware, although I've been admiring it for years. It's just myself & my cat companion (who loves Fiestaware also, hehe), so I'll be 'collecting' separate items as I actually have a need for them.

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Feline Fine — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 14:50:02 GMT

On 7/24/2014 shoesnbags said:
I started a couple of months ago with lapis, turquoise, aqua and lemongrass in place settings and serving pieces. I love the shades of blue with the pop of lemongrass. But then I just couldn't resist flamingo, so I bought individual pieces in flamingo for times when I'm eating alone. I have my cereal every morning in a flamingo cereal bowl. To paraphrase someone in the loooong Fiesta thread, it's "happyware."

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depglass — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:37:04 GMT

The advantage of several colors of dinner plates and bowls is that you can make sure the food contrasts. For some reason I don't want the food to match the dishes. Like one time I served halibut, cauliflower and mashed potatoes on ivory. Blah, blah, blah. I'd never given it a thought until then, it sure wasn't on purpose. Now I make sure peaches go into cobalt, not yellow bowls. Strawberries don't go into red. Broccoli doesn't go on forest green (old color). Spaghetti doesn't go on old red, which is really orange, or any new orange shade.

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Feline Fine — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 16:46:54 GMT

On 7/25/2014 depglass said:
The advantage of several colors of dinner plates and bowls is that you can make sure the food contrasts. For some reason I don't want the food to match the dishes. Like one time I served halibut, cauliflower and mashed potatoes on ivory. Blah, blah, blah. I'd never given it a thought until then, it sure wasn't on purpose. Now I make sure peaches go into cobalt, not yellow bowls. Strawberries don't go into red. Broccoli doesn't go on forest green (old color). Spaghetti doesn't go on old red, which is really orange, or any new orange shade.

This is exactly why I prefer shades of blue in my cookware, bakeware, & dinnerware, as there are very few blue foods. In fact, the only one that comes to mind is the blueberry, and that's only when it's fresh or frozen. I love that it pops the colors of different foods.

Plus, it's a very soothing color to look at. 8)

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dogluvrtoo — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:24:57 GMT

Thanks for the input, everyone. I stopped by Macy's yesterday to look at colors. I really like the poppy with sunflower and lemongrass, but I'm afraid I'd get tired of it too quickly. I'm still thinking paprika, tangerine and adding some sunflower for a bright pop.

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DiAnne — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 17:12:53 GMT

I started out with the yellow because they had place settings at Costco a few years ago at an amazing price. Slowly ended up adding red and shamrock green to the mix. I have some other colors mixed in because I could not resist the colors but mostly in serving pieces or bakeware.