Sometimes the comfort you seek in setting forth a plate is in the spectrum of senses it touches. It has often been said that we eat with our eyes, the visual component of a dish coloring our perception before all else, unless the dish is particularly aromatic, in which case the aroma will be the first element to reach us.
The bounty of color we serve forth can lift our spirits, inspire creativity, not only for the chef or kitchen enthusiast who deftly juggles the ingredients, but for the diner as he/she/they tuck(s) into the nourishment in question.
Have you ever stopped to think what a difference color makes in your daily life? How are your moods affected by the colors you wear, by the hues of the rooms you inhabit, by the light which enters a space or is absent from a space? Daily obje