Paprika
Retired2010-2016 · Color No. 334
Introducing Paprika, made by The Fiesta Tableware Company from 2010 to 2016. It's a warm and spicy shade of brown, reminiscent of the rich hue of paprika spice. Paprika adds a cozy and inviting touch to any tablescape. Mix and match Paprika with colors like Ivory and Lemongrass for a rustic and earthy table setting, or pair it with Plum and Slate for a more refined and elegant combination.
Production
Paprika was retired in 2016, so it is a hunt for secondhand pieces now. Fiesta Factory Direct is where the colors still being made are, if you are filling a set.
Shop Fiesta Factory Direct (opens in a new tab)Notes on Paprika
Paprika ran six years, 2010 to 2016, and it's classed as a brown but honestly reads as a burnt orange-red - it sits closer to Scarlet than to Chocolate, the only other brown Fiesta made. It arrived the year the company bought Hall China, and it's the longer-lasting of the two browns by a factor of two. It's a lead color with real warmth, and it's one of the better retired colors for an autumn table. If you're trying to place it against current production, it lands between Poppy and Scarlet.
Using Paprika on a table
Paprika carries enough color to lead a table on its own. Use it for the plates and let quieter pieces do the rest; two or three settings of it go a long way. Its mid lightness (L* 40) means most food reads against it without either washing out or vanishing. It separates strongly from a white cloth (6.4:1) and less so from dark wood.
Below, 5 combinations built only from colors Fiesta has actually produced. Each says which rule it follows, and which pieces you can still buy today.
The pairing in its own description
Named in the descriptionThese colors are named alongside Paprika in this guide's description of it.
- Ivory
- Lemongrass
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Your color Paprika
- Plum
- Slate
Buy these to go with it
Paprika was retired in 2016, but these are all in production now - the set you can actually finish buying.
Opposite on the wheel
Sky sits roughly opposite Paprika in hue, which is the highest-contrast pairing the palette offers. The neutrals keep it from shouting.
Three-way split
Jade and Lilac sit about a third of the way around the color wheel from Paprika in each direction. Evenly spaced hues stay lively without any one taking over.
Next-door hues
These sit within about 55° of Paprika on the color wheel. Neighboring hues blend instead of competing, which suits a table you want to feel warm rather than sharp.
- Ivory
- Rose, 1951-1959
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Your color Paprika
- Sage
Where Paprika sits in the line
Paprika arrived while Chocolate was still in production, and is lighter and more vivid than it - a clearly different glaze rather than a reformulation (ΔE 20.1). In 2010 it took the place of Cinnabar and Evergreen on the shelf. What else happened in 2010 →
Closest colors in the palette
Ranked by CIEDE2000 (ΔE) against Paprika. 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 Paprika
23 colors were in production at the same time. The 10 nearest in the timeline: