White
In production1986-present · Color No. 100
Introducing White, made by The Fiesta Tableware Company from 1986 to current production. It's a pristine shade of white that brings elegance and versatility to every tablescape. Mix and match it with any other Fiesta color, such as Scarlet and Lapis, to create timeless and sophisticated table settings for any occasion.
Production
White is in production right now. Fiesta Factory Direct is the factory's own store, in Newell, West Virginia - the same plant that made the piece.
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White has been in continuous production since the relaunch in March 1986, which makes it the longest-running Fiesta color there's ever been. It was one of the three colors Fiesta came back with, alongside Black and Apricot, and it's been the backbone of the line ever since. It's also a true white, with no warmth in it at all, which matters: Ivory, Old Ivory and Linen all read cream next to it, and putting White beside any of them usually looks accidental rather than intentional. If you're starting a collection and want one color you'll never regret buying more of, this is it.
Using White on a table
White carries almost no color of its own, so it is the layer everything else sits on. Build the table out of it and add one loud piece. At L* 100 it is one of the paler glazes in the line: dark food reads sharply against it, pale food much less so. It nearly disappears against a white cloth (1.0:1), so it shows best on dark wood or a colored runner.
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 White in this guide's description of it.
All still in production
Every color in this set is being made right now, so you can complete the whole table today.
A ground for bright colors
White carries almost no hue of its own, which makes it the ground the rest of the table sits on. These are the boldest colors in the palette, spread right around the wheel - the mix-and-match look Fiesta was designed for.
All white
Every color here is from the white family, arranged light to dark. A single-family table reads calm and deliberate rather than busy.
Anchored in neutrals
White is close to neutral, so it works as the quiet ground under a louder color.
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Your color White
- Poppy
- Forest Green
- Mulberry
Where White sits in the line
White took over from Gray as Fiesta's white, and is noticeably lighter than it - a clearly different glaze rather than a reformulation (ΔE 12.7). It has been in production 40 years against a median of 7 for its era - one of the colors the company kept. It is the lightest glaze Fiesta has made and the longest-running color in the line. In 1986 it arrived alongside Apricot and Black. What else happened in 1986 →
Closest colors in the palette
Ranked by CIEDE2000 (ΔE) against White. 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 White
46 colors were in production at the same time. The 10 nearest in the timeline: