Yellow family · Vintage
Yellow
Retired1936–1969
Introduced at the annual Pottery and Glass Exhibit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in January 1936 - meet Yellow. One of the original colors of Fiesta drawn up by Frederick Hurten Rhead himself - Yellow is a whimsical color made to bring a sense of joy to every table!
If you own Yellow, 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
Yellow was retired in 1969, but these are all in production now -- the set you can actually finish buying.
Opposite on the wheel
Sapphire sits roughly opposite Yellow in hue, which is the highest-contrast pairing the palette offers. The neutrals keep it from shouting.
Three-way split
Sea Mist Green and Mulberry sit about a third of the way around the color wheel from Yellow in each direction. Evenly spaced hues stay lively without any one taking over.
- White
- Sea Mist Green
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Your color Yellow
- Mulberry
Next-door hues
These sit within about 55° of Yellow on the color wheel. Neighbouring hues blend instead of competing, which suits a table you want to feel warm rather than graphic.
Anchored in neutrals
White and Black carry almost no hue of their own, so they give Yellow room to be the loud one.
Production
Closest colors in the palette
Ranked by CIEDE2000 (ΔE) against Yellow. 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 Yellow
13 colors were in production at the same time. The 10 nearest in the timeline: