Anonymous
Post 09/28/2021 10:12     Subject: Murky and Lurky won or How Millennials Were Traumatized By Rainbow Brite
I'm a millennial (1983) and hate beige but love grey. I have grey eyes and look good in grey clothes, and I prefer cool tones to warm tones. That said, my house has a lot of color, mostly in the form of rugs and art. I associate beige and lots of neutrals with, like, Nancy Meyers and more of an older crowd.
Anonymous
Post 09/28/2021 10:05     Subject: Re:Murky and Lurky won or How Millennials Were Traumatized By Rainbow Brite
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Millennial who grew up with Rainbow Brite, My Little Pony and Care Bears. Can confirm my house is all boring white and gray.


Thank you everyone got side tracked by the Rainbow Brite joke

I am really asking: WHY MILLENNIALS HATE COLOR??


I have 4 nieces who are millennials and they all love gray. When one had her first baby she wanted a gray crib, gray walls, gray rugs, etc.
Not my circus not my monkeys but why would anyone the her late twenties like such a dead “ color”.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2021 20:02     Subject: Murky and Lurky won or How Millennials Were Traumatized By Rainbow Brite
Anonymous wrote:Another vote for embracing Montessori style (if not philosophy). Also, rejection of plastics/dyes in favor of natural wood tones which (hopefully more often than not) represents quality sustainability and non-toxicity.

We started out VERY neutral even with first toys but now enjoying a mix of colors and beiges.


Oh, so are all the beige things I see organic and natural materials. That is a nicer motive.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2021 19:50     Subject: Murky and Lurky won or How Millennials Were Traumatized By Rainbow Brite
Another vote for embracing Montessori style (if not philosophy). Also, rejection of plastics/dyes in favor of natural wood tones which (hopefully more often than not) represents quality sustainability and non-toxicity.

We started out VERY neutral even with first toys but now enjoying a mix of colors and beiges.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2021 19:00     Subject: Re:Murky and Lurky won or How Millennials Were Traumatized By Rainbow Brite
Anonymous wrote:Uh, it’s not an either/or. First off, some of the toys in that link are colorful. But also, I’m a cusper (born 1980) and while our house has neutral walls and muted tones in our master bedroom, my 5 up’s bedroom is literally rainbow themed— super colorful everything with lots of bright pink in particular. And her walls are gray, because when everything else is a smorgasbord of color, you don’t need bright walls.

I get a lot of people are into neutrals, but I associate that more with the bland “tastefulness” of boomers like Martha Stewart and Nancy Myers. The color palette most associated with Gen X was black and gray, shades of grunge and goth. And millennials on Instagram and TikTok often looove color, but it’s about pops of color against neutral backgrounds, because it photographs well and easily, giving the camera an easy focal point.


Please. Compare the dull muted colors to Haba, a classic and tasteful toy.

And it’s not just toys, obvi.

I guess it’s because of Insta, because color is difficult to look good in all lighting and settings, as well as gamma of displays — I mean everyone looks better on black and white so I guess it’s a variation of that!
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2021 18:06     Subject: Re:Murky and Lurky won or How Millennials Were Traumatized By Rainbow Brite
Uh, it’s not an either/or. First off, some of the toys in that link are colorful. But also, I’m a cusper (born 1980) and while our house has neutral walls and muted tones in our master bedroom, my 5 up’s bedroom is literally rainbow themed— super colorful everything with lots of bright pink in particular. And her walls are gray, because when everything else is a smorgasbord of color, you don’t need bright walls.

I get a lot of people are into neutrals, but I associate that more with the bland “tastefulness” of boomers like Martha Stewart and Nancy Myers. The color palette most associated with Gen X was black and gray, shades of grunge and goth. And millennials on Instagram and TikTok often looove color, but it’s about pops of color against neutral backgrounds, because it photographs well and easily, giving the camera an easy focal point.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2021 18:06     Subject: Re:Murky and Lurky won or How Millennials Were Traumatized By Rainbow Brite
Anonymous wrote:Millennial who grew up with Rainbow Brite, My Little Pony and Care Bears. Can confirm my house is all boring white and gray.


Thank you everyone got side tracked by the Rainbow Brite joke

I am really asking: WHY MILLENNIALS HATE COLOR??
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2021 17:52     Subject: Murky and Lurky won or How Millennials Were Traumatized By Rainbow Brite
Gen xer who had never heard of ranbow brite. I think kids I babysat maybe had my little pony.
Anyway I hate beige.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2021 17:51     Subject: Re:Murky and Lurky won or How Millennials Were Traumatized By Rainbow Brite
Millennial who grew up with Rainbow Brite, My Little Pony and Care Bears. Can confirm my house is all boring white and gray.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2021 17:50     Subject: Murky and Lurky won or How Millennials Were Traumatized By Rainbow Brite
GenXer here, I was 6-7 when Rainbow Brite came out and LOVED it! The 80’s were all about rainbows, neon colors and pastels.
Now, the rainbow has a different significance, and some people are afraid to use it 🤷🏼‍♀️
As for the beige, neutral colored toys - those look very Motessori inspired so that must be their appeal
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2021 17:44     Subject: Re:Murky and Lurky won or How Millennials Were Traumatized By Rainbow Brite
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rainbow Brite is GenX.


RB came out in 1984, the youngest GenX would have been 4 or 5 by then; this is a show for preschoolers. My sibling was Millennial (HS Class 2000) and loved it.


I was born in 1983 and was too young for most of rainbow brite.



I'm GenX and I'd never heard of Rainbow Brite. I was a senior in high school when it came out.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2021 17:37     Subject: Re:Murky and Lurky won or How Millennials Were Traumatized By Rainbow Brite
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rainbow Brite is GenX.


RB came out in 1984, the youngest GenX would have been 4 or 5 by then; this is a show for preschoolers. My sibling was Millennial (HS Class 2000) and loved it.


I was born in 1983 and was too young for most of rainbow brite.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2021 17:32     Subject: Re:Murky and Lurky won or How Millennials Were Traumatized By Rainbow Brite
Anonymous wrote:Rainbow Brite is GenX.


RB came out in 1984, the youngest GenX would have been 4 or 5 by then; this is a show for preschoolers. My sibling was Millennial (HS Class 2000) and loved it.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2021 17:13     Subject: Re:Murky and Lurky won or How Millennials Were Traumatized By Rainbow Brite
Rainbow Brite is GenX.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2021 17:12     Subject: Murky and Lurky won or How Millennials Were Traumatized By Rainbow Brite
Home decor, clothes, CHILDRENS TOYs.

https://ellieandbecks.co/collections/toys

Beige beige beige. I thought this trend was on the wane when Breaking Bad mocked it with the Beige Memo

https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/breaking-bad-walter-white-wearing-beige-has-more-meaning-than-fans-realize.html/

Seriously, why is the current aesthetic an absence of color or extremely muted color palette? I see it everywhere.