The pattern isn’t too busy that it distracts or clashes with the food .  Perfect size pasta/dinner bowl . Can also double as a side serving bowl for mashed potato, veggies. This bowl is  what I was looking for . Wide at the base , deep enough to avoid spillage. They would be too big for a soup or cereal bowl. 
I haven’t used them yet so I can’t speak to how they hold up to a microwave , whether they get too hot to handle.