Did millennials all just become color blind?
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buddascrayon@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Did millennials all just become color blind? It’s all black, white, and grey with their color schemes.
VitoRobles@lemmy.today 3 hours ago
gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 3 hours ago
it’s more like colorfulness is connected to a hopeful outlook on life, and grayscale thinking occurs when people have depression …
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 11 minutes ago
No, I don’t think that is why. There have been much more depressing times in the past and those were just as colorful as any other time. I think the thing that has most influenced the color palette of millennials, or rather the lack of, is the rise of the internet and social media. People don’t want to stand out and be mocked for being different. Especially in a climate where being different can actually cost you quite a bit. I believe this is especially true of interior decorators and designers who often set the trends for people to use.
There’s also something to be said for an extreme backlash to the home makeover shows that were all the rage back in the late aughts. I think a lot of people still have trauma from the “experimental” bullshit that some of those designers did to their “clients” all in the name of chasing ratings.
fishy@lemmy.today 1 hour ago
Millennial here. I just remodeled my kitchen and bathroom. It was a fucking battle to get my wife to agree to wood cabinets instead of bland white or millennial blue. I got her to agree to a deep sea blue tile for one shower wall because almost everything else in the bathroom was white or grey.
Most people don’t have originality or any sense of color, so they look online and see these sterile white rooms that photograph well but lack character. They just mimic what they see because it’s easier than having actual preferences.