This is encouraging. One of my pet peeves of late has been the ubiquity of black, grey, and white colour schemes. Here in NZ and Australia, almost all new apa

This is encouraging. One of my pet peeves of late has been the ubiquity of black, grey, and white colour schemes. Here in NZ and Australia, almost all new apartment buildings are some combination of those colours. It's not just new buildings - people are giving their houses the grey treatment when it comes time to repaint. My own theory is that this has gone hand-in-hand with the shift from seeing houses as homes (and therefore as an extension of personal character) to now seeing houses as investments. No one seems willing to choose a colour scheme with character for fear of limiting the pool of potential buyers. On top of that, new cars seem less likely to be any colour other than black, silver, or white. But maybe that's just my perception...