Nice plates, true to the pictures: the rim coloring is, indeed, narrower than on the other colors. Bought these to "match" the various other colors of these plates we already have (we have black, blue, green, and red plates of this size). Didn't realize that the "gold" on the rims of these would actually be metal! So these plates are not microwavable. Hopefully we can keep track of that and remember not to put them in the microwave, but having to treat them differently from the other plates in our collection is somewhat annoying.