Blue family · Vintage
Blue (Cobalt)
Retired1936–1951
Introduced at the annual Pottery and Glass Exhibit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in January 1936 - meet Cobalt. One of the original colors of Fiesta drawn up by Frederick Hurten Rhead himself - a rich shade of blue, Cobalt would later be revived post-86 when Fiesta returned to the marketplace.
If you own Blue (Cobalt), set the table with these
5 combinations, every one built only from colors Fiesta has actually produced. Each says which rule it follows, and which pieces you can still buy today.
Buy these to go with it
Blue (Cobalt) was retired in 1951, but these are all in production now -- the set you can actually finish buying.
Opposite on the wheel
Yellow sits roughly opposite Blue (Cobalt) in hue, which is the highest-contrast pairing the palette offers. The neutrals keep it from shouting.
All blue
Every color here is from the blue family, arranged light to dark. A single-family table reads calm and deliberate rather than busy.
Three-way split
Heather and Shamrock sit about a third of the way around the color wheel from Blue (Cobalt) in each direction. Evenly spaced hues stay lively without any one taking over.
Next-door hues
These sit within about 55° of Blue (Cobalt) on the color wheel. Neighbouring hues blend instead of competing, which suits a table you want to feel warm rather than graphic.
Production
Closest colors in the palette
Ranked by CIEDE2000 (ΔE) against Blue (Cobalt). Under about ΔE 5 two colors are hard to tell apart side by side — useful when you are identifying an unmarked piece.
On the table alongside Blue (Cobalt)
9 colors were in production at the same time: