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Neutral colours – maybe we are being exposed to so many opinions and conflict through mass media, that we prefer to surround us with neutrality?

• Mistletoe 4y ago
  It reminds me of how movies don’t try new things and keep playing it safe with sequels. Everyone is afraid of trying something new like a bright red car and failing. I have my doubts how good their data is though. It could just be groupthink and hivemind everywhere thinking that. https://www.consumerreports.org/consumerist/a-brief-history-of-car-colors-and-why-are-we-so-boring-now/ https://www.consumerreports.org/consumerist/a-brief-history-... The tldr from the article- TL; DR Version • Everyone remembers their favorite car’s unique color, so when did we fade to black? • Yellow, green and teal cars may fetch you a higher resale value due to relatively few of them • Cars were first painted like carriages, color was expensive, didn’t last • Henry Ford offered cars in black asphalt enamels because that color dried the fastest and was more durable than oil-based paints • General Motors and Dupont partnered up for Duco, a new paint that made it easier to apply colorful paints that dried even faster than before • Car manufacturers started color advisory boards to suss out trends in popular culture and report back •Everyone got wacky on colors for a while, including in the ‘60s and ‘70s • We’re boring these days, choosing mostly black, white and gray/silver • The recession scared people into a neutral colors phase, giving rise to the popularity of black, white and silver/gray • The future is bright once again, however, as experts see colorful paint jobs coming back