They refer not to the green of chendol or the red of mee goreng, but the riot of colourful plates and bowls that many hawker dishes in Singapore are served in today. Red, green, yellow, purple, pink, and more! These tableware defy conventional aesthetic sensibilities and even colour psychology, but have become entrenched in our local hawker culture. Should tableware colours be considered as part of Singapore’s UNESCO-inscribed hawker culture? Do consumers associate their favourite hawker dishes with particular colours? Learn more and participate in our survey at: www.hawkercolours.com (mobile only).
Stories on the website include:
- The People’s Palette
Every hawker has a colour story
http://www.hawkercolours.com/essays/peoples-palette - The Rainbow Maker
The colourful history of a local melamine tableware manufacturer
http://www.hawkercolours.com/essays/rainbow-maker - From Street to Table
How melamine tableware became a part of hawker culture
http://www.hawkercolours.com/essays/street-to-table - A Colour-Less Future
Will hawker culture look the same with less coloured tableware?
http://www.hawkercolours.com/essays/colourless-future - Colourful or Not
Latest results of the survey
http://www.hawkercolours.com/results