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! 






