Maruhiro マルヒロKitchenToolMAR-46

If I order multiple pieces of tableware in the same color, will they all have the exact same color tone when set on the table?

This is something customers frequently check when trying to set the table with matching sets of plates or teacups. They want to know in advance whether selecting the same color will result in the exact same tone across every dish without variation.

hmmm editorial answer

Because differences in tone occur during the ceramics firing process, even if you choose multiple pieces of the same specification, their color tones may differ slightly from one another.

Even if you order in the same color, the shades produced from the kiln will vary individually. Maruhiro explains that differences in overall color tone can occur during the ceramics firing process even within the same specification^[1]. Even if you purchase multiple pieces at once as a matching set, they are dispatched randomly without matching colors^[2]^[3].

The difference comes from the flames. When fired in a high-temperature kiln, ceramics naturally vary in surface brightness and saturation depending on minute temperature differences by position within the kiln or glaze reactions. Even when using the same clay and glaze, the shading changes depending on how the heat settles, making it difficult to match the color of all products uniformly like mass-produced industrial goods.

hmmm, the subtly differing tones of each dish when set as a set on the dining table can be seen as natural traces left by the flames touching each piece differently.