I love these dishes! I purchased the "Light Green", as they go perfectly with my kitchen decor. These stoneware dishes are beautiful, well-made, and uniquely designed. I bought them primarily because I wanted dinnerware that could be put in a microwave for reheating. All my other dinnerware is Melamine, which is useful for everything EXCEPT using in a microwave. So now I have BOTH, which promotes a "Win-Win" outcome. Especially since I don't have to yell at my kids anymore for trying to use the Melamine dishes in the microwave.