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I have never heard it in English either, and don't think it is a common term at all, but in Norwegian it is very common usage, where hvitevarer (white goods) is
by alephnil 9y ago
I have never heard it in English either, and don't think it is a common term at all, but in Norwegian it is very common usage, where hvitevarer (white goods) is fridges, washing machines, dishwashers etc, and brunevarer (brown goods) are steroes, TVs etc.
If you go some decades back, almost all steroes and TVs were brown (typically wood or brown plastic), while dishwashers and fridges were nearly always painted white.
- _Codemonkeyism 9y agoSame here in Germany, wondered a lot in the 90s writing my first eCommerce shop and the business owners talked about brown and white ware.
- KineticLensman 9y agoThe British consumer magazine 'Which?' [1] routinely uses the term 'white goods' to refer to kitchen appliances. [1] www.which.co.uk
- elboru 9y ago'White goods' is common in Mexico, but I have never heard 'brown goods'