To be fair, for the price this is a fabulous set of kitchen tableware. Delightfully colourful, and not necessarily for a picnic, although for some 'more fancy' dinner parties, this set may appear a tad *picnic*, but very good quality *picnic*, (if you take my point). I did want to match it up with a more expensive dinner table ware set which is also yellow in colour, and it is more than adequate to fit in when creating extra place settings. But, like I say, the price in life does distinguish between really, REALLY good quality, and so, so. But not to confuse you entirely, this setting is definitely better than 'so, so!'