My sister-in-law (who is REALLY into china) suggested a while back to me that I paint the inside of my china hutch for more of a contrast. The entire hutch was white and I had white china. It was kind of blendy-iny.
I have been ignoring my china hutch for a while, as you can see I still have my Christmas china displayed (in August).
The Christmas china pops, but my china is lost against the white. I taped off some of the back sections and painted it the same color as my walls.
There was a pass through at some point which was walled up. I just stuck to the sunken wall (not sure what the technical term is) parts. The result below is very subtle.
My lighting doesn't do it justice. Also I only have 5 china settings, so I had to be creative!