Twilight
Retired2021-2026 · Color No. 346
Introducing Twilight, made by The Fiesta Tableware Company from 2021 to 2026. It's a deep and enchanting shade of blue, reminiscent of the captivating hues of twilight sky. Twilight adds a touch of elegance and sophistication to any tablescape. Mix and match Twilight with colors like Ivory and Meadow for a serene and romantic table setting, or pair it with Plum and Poppy for a more dramatic and luxurious combination.
Production
Twilight was retired in 2026, 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 Twilight
Twilight ran five years, 2021 to 2026, and it's the darkest, most intense blue Fiesta has ever made - a near-navy with genuine saturation behind it, quite different from the muted depth of Cobalt. It arrived for the company's 150th anniversary and Fiesta's 85th, and it displaced both Cobalt and Shamrock on the shelf. It only just retired, when Lavender arrived for the 90th, so it's still easy to find second-hand - but that won't last. If you want a dramatic dark blue, this is the one to grab while it's still around.
Using Twilight on a table
Twilight 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. At L* 14 it is a genuinely dark plate, so pale food stands out on it and dark food disappears. It separates strongly from a white cloth (15.8:1) 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 Twilight in this guide's description of it.
Buy these to go with it
Twilight was retired in 2026, but these are all in production now - the set you can actually finish buying.
Opposite on the wheel
Turf Green sits roughly opposite Twilight in hue, which is the highest-contrast pairing the palette offers. The neutrals keep it from shouting.
- White
- Turf Green
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Your color Twilight
- Black
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
Rose and Medium Green sit about a third of the way around the color wheel from Twilight in each direction. Evenly spaced hues stay lively without any one taking over.
- White
- Rose, 1951-1959
- Medium Green
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Your color Twilight
Where Twilight sits in the line
Twilight arrived while Lapis was still in production, and is darker and more vivid than it - a complete change of direction rather than a reformulation (ΔE 26.5). In 2021 it took the place of Cobalt and Shamrock on the shelf. What else happened in 2021 →
Closest colors in the palette
Ranked by CIEDE2000 (ΔE) against Twilight. 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 Twilight
21 colors were in production at the same time. The 10 nearest in the timeline: