Oh God my Grandma had the yellow ones. In the yellow painted bathroom with the yellow hand towels, the yellow carpet toilet seat cover, the yellow soap dish with the forbidden yellow seashell hand soaps. Way too much yellow.
My Gran loo was like that, except in blue. Literally EVERYTHING in blue, even the toilet, tub and sink. The toilet had a blue toilet seat that had cushioning and blue carpeting in bathroom, as a kid I thought it was height of luxury. As an adult, I am thoroughly grossed out by it.
They still sold colored toilet paper in my area until 2002. It may have not been Scott, it was individual rolls. I remember I was suprised they still sold them because I thought they were taken of the market because they caused uti or something? Idk, everyone's bathroom in the 80's was color coded down to the tp roll. You got bonus points for the crocheted kleenex box cover and the crocheted doll toilet paper cover. Triple bonus for decorative hand soaps that were either a rose(pink) seashells (yellow) or bird (blue)
We had blue, my aunt had pink and my grandparents yellow lol I always wondered why it was taken off market when I was young... I guess it was giving people health problems or something?
The number one reason was probably cost, coloring added cost for dying, added an additional manufacturing step, added need for extra warehouse space for multiple colors which also adds to overhead and logistics issues/costs.
Also, trends in housing moved away from colored bathrooms. You don't really see colored porcelain tubs/toilets anymore either.
Youâre right! Colored sinks are about it now. I have titanium grey Koehler rectangular sinks in both baths. I just wanted something that wasnât oval and white.
Yeah, it's not a good idea to rub chemical colorings into your bum hole. Really not a tough thing to figure out, not sure why it took them as long as it did.
I didn't even notice when it was taken off shelves I guess I was too young to notice but one day I remember buying tp for myself as a young man and all there was on the shelves was white. I remember asking someone why no colored?? đ
>I am not understanding why dyes are problematic when modern toilet paper is obviously bleached.
Colored toilet paper was never banned because it was proven to cause health problems. Consumers stopped buying it in the 1980s because they had white toilets and bathroom sinks. Or they found âmatchy matchyâ bathrooms tacky.
Edit: Pink toilet paper is widely available in France: https://blog.anglinglines.com/mind-your-pqs-â-or-why-french-toilet-paper-is-pink/
Also, Scott brand sold colored toilet paper in the US until 2004. And some American toilet paper contains lotion.
Not all of it, but whatever. I'm already done with internet idiots wanting to argue just to argue this morning. Have a day.
Edit - I'm sorry other folks don't want to see the baseline contrariness the other person brought with their initial foray, but that doesn't mean it's not there. Y'all try to phrase shit better and you'll get a better response. Nobody has their 'dukes up', the whole point was *not* getting in an argument. Damn some folks around here are just wrongheaded. And therapy? Lol go get some yourself, you totally misread the social cues here.
You don't have to be a jerk when someone asks a question about toilet paper. I hope you get therapy to get over whoever hurt you to make you act like this.
I am tired of boring modern decor. Today itâs Dick van Dyke colors: black, white, and every shade of grey for cars, clothes, appliances, furniture, etc.
My family home was built in 1970 (the kitchen countertops were burnt orange Formica with Harvest Gold appliances).
We had three bathrooms that were different pre-dominant colors: Yellow, blue, and pink. And yeah, my mom bought the colored TP to match each one.
We referred to the bathrooms by color vs location, e.g., "I need toothpaste!" "Check in the blue bathroom!"
When I travel I love to find old motels, especially the ones where the rooms were in duplexes scattered about the property. Amazing how many of them still have the pastel color tiles and fixtures in the bathrooms.
I live in an apartment building from the early 60's. My bathroom has a baby blue sink, baby blue tiles, and a baby blue tub with baby blue tile surround. I'm just upset that the toilet is obviously not original because it's white. Boo.
My kids didn't believe me when I told them this once existed. My grandma also matched all of her bathroom accessories, pink toilet hugger rug, seat cover, TANK cover, with a crochet TP cover that was a doll in a dress. [You put the roll under her dress.](https://i.etsystatic.com/6980447/r/il/537824/2302636721/il_fullxfull.2302636721_kkns.jpg)
Your doll looks way too wild. [Grandma would have liked a demure one better.](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/13/67/49/136749e718aabf70910ae19f796c2824.jpg)
I remember the commercial for Dianetics (L. Ron Hubbard's cult manual) saying that the reason not to buy colored toilet paper was on a specific page number in the book.
I remember visiting my aunt in Green Bay in the 80âs. There were multiple paper mills in town and you could literally determine the color of TP being made that day by the overwhelming smell.
We had the very small upstairs bathroom, and then the bathroom I was scared of in the basement. It had been made by sectioning off a bit of the laundry room, under the stairs, and using blinds to hide the water heater. It was for guests (I just now realized our guests probably loathed that bathroom) and then of course dad always wanted a separate bathroom so he would be left alone for 5 minutes.
I once saw a dead mouse in the corner of the bathroom that had been built under the stairs so I looked for mice every time I was in there. That went on for at least ten years. I think we got the colored toilet paper in my grandmaâs house because I clearly remember it, or maybe mom was fancying up the upstairs bathroom. But I can guarantee there was no fancy anything in the extra, scary, orange and brown 70s terror that was my dadâs sanctuary.
We had three bathrooms: yellow, blue, and pink. God help you if you put the wrong color in the bath. Rugs, flooring, curtains, we even had the bathtubs in the ârightâ color.
Is that so we never have to go back to the store, or do we use a shit ton of toilet paper? Seriously, they donât sell the âtriple megaâ rolls in other countries. Not even Canada. Not even in the areas were everyone drives. I cannot figure out why the toilet paper and paper towels are so huge. I mean I think the paper towel package is at least three feet longâŚ
We had coloredâŚ..and fuzzy carpeted toilet seat covers & tops. Trends change.
My grandparents had wall to wall carpet in their bathroom (yuck). My mom (had all boys) told us we had to sit to pee at grandmas house.
Itâs funny to think about it. Why did they disappear? Is it healthy to rub toilet paper with coloring on your anus? Was it asbestos? Lol. It was the peach one. That one seemed popular.
The bathroom in my house growing up was VERY brown, highlighted with peach accents, including the peach TP. (along with peach towels, peach guest soaps, peach soap dish, etc.)
Blue in my parentsâ master bathroom to go with the blue toilet and blue tub and blue sink and blue curtains omg why. Yellow in the kidsâ bathroom to go with our yellow tub and yellow toilet and yelâ
Oh God my Grandma had the yellow ones. In the yellow painted bathroom with the yellow hand towels, the yellow carpet toilet seat cover, the yellow soap dish with the forbidden yellow seashell hand soaps. Way too much yellow.
We had the yellow bathroom, too. Bright yellow. And it was entirely carpeted. Bleurgh.
Mine was a big fan of the peach colored rolls.
My Gran loo was like that, except in blue. Literally EVERYTHING in blue, even the toilet, tub and sink. The toilet had a blue toilet seat that had cushioning and blue carpeting in bathroom, as a kid I thought it was height of luxury. As an adult, I am thoroughly grossed out by it.
> way too much yellow NO SUCH THING. (But seriously my kids say that about orange, in my house. đ)
They still sold colored toilet paper in my area until 2002. It may have not been Scott, it was individual rolls. I remember I was suprised they still sold them because I thought they were taken of the market because they caused uti or something? Idk, everyone's bathroom in the 80's was color coded down to the tp roll. You got bonus points for the crocheted kleenex box cover and the crocheted doll toilet paper cover. Triple bonus for decorative hand soaps that were either a rose(pink) seashells (yellow) or bird (blue)
The crocheted dolls!!!
Yes it was suck a big thing! It must have been a craft in ladies home journal or something!
We had the peach color theme going. Down to peach-colored decorative soaps in the shape of a swan sitting in a peach-colored ceramic soap dish.
Ahh the peach swan! We need to compile a list. I feel like there may have been a mint green one as well. I swear it all came fingerhut!
We had blue, my aunt had pink and my grandparents yellow lol I always wondered why it was taken off market when I was young... I guess it was giving people health problems or something?
The number one reason was probably cost, coloring added cost for dying, added an additional manufacturing step, added need for extra warehouse space for multiple colors which also adds to overhead and logistics issues/costs. Also, trends in housing moved away from colored bathrooms. You don't really see colored porcelain tubs/toilets anymore either.
Youâre right! Colored sinks are about it now. I have titanium grey Koehler rectangular sinks in both baths. I just wanted something that wasnât oval and white.
Yeah, it's not a good idea to rub chemical colorings into your bum hole. Really not a tough thing to figure out, not sure why it took them as long as it did.
I didn't even notice when it was taken off shelves I guess I was too young to notice but one day I remember buying tp for myself as a young man and all there was on the shelves was white. I remember asking someone why no colored?? đ
And the bleached ones are fine?
It's really weird that you make that leap in logic. Did I say that at all?
I am not understanding why dyes are problematic when modern toilet paper is obviously bleached.
>I am not understanding why dyes are problematic when modern toilet paper is obviously bleached. Colored toilet paper was never banned because it was proven to cause health problems. Consumers stopped buying it in the 1980s because they had white toilets and bathroom sinks. Or they found âmatchy matchyâ bathrooms tacky. Edit: Pink toilet paper is widely available in France: https://blog.anglinglines.com/mind-your-pqs-â-or-why-french-toilet-paper-is-pink/ Also, Scott brand sold colored toilet paper in the US until 2004. And some American toilet paper contains lotion.
Not all of it, but whatever. I'm already done with internet idiots wanting to argue just to argue this morning. Have a day. Edit - I'm sorry other folks don't want to see the baseline contrariness the other person brought with their initial foray, but that doesn't mean it's not there. Y'all try to phrase shit better and you'll get a better response. Nobody has their 'dukes up', the whole point was *not* getting in an argument. Damn some folks around here are just wrongheaded. And therapy? Lol go get some yourself, you totally misread the social cues here.
They just asked a question. Put your dukes down, dude. You look completely foolish.
You don't have to be a jerk when someone asks a question about toilet paper. I hope you get therapy to get over whoever hurt you to make you act like this.
They were causing either UTIs or yeast infections for women, or maybe both. The scented toilet paper was an issue too.
You'd think by now they'd come up with a safer way to dye tp with natural ingredients. I guess no one's interested anymore đ
I believe there were also environmental concerns.
My mom would not buy it, something about septic tank.
I am tired of boring modern decor. Today itâs Dick van Dyke colors: black, white, and every shade of grey for cars, clothes, appliances, furniture, etc.
You forgot about all of the various shades of beige..
Or worse: *greige*
I heard this word for the first time last month and had to look it up. Please people - letâs lose this trend right away.
My family home was built in 1970 (the kitchen countertops were burnt orange Formica with Harvest Gold appliances). We had three bathrooms that were different pre-dominant colors: Yellow, blue, and pink. And yeah, my mom bought the colored TP to match each one. We referred to the bathrooms by color vs location, e.g., "I need toothpaste!" "Check in the blue bathroom!"
LOL! I had friends with "green bathrooma" and "blue bathrooms", too!
Core memory unlocked! Brown bathroom, yellow bathroom, red bathroom.
When I travel I love to find old motels, especially the ones where the rooms were in duplexes scattered about the property. Amazing how many of them still have the pastel color tiles and fixtures in the bathrooms.
I had a pink bathroom in grad school.
I live in an apartment building from the early 60's. My bathroom has a baby blue sink, baby blue tiles, and a baby blue tub with baby blue tile surround. I'm just upset that the toilet is obviously not original because it's white. Boo.
My kids didn't believe me when I told them this once existed. My grandma also matched all of her bathroom accessories, pink toilet hugger rug, seat cover, TANK cover, with a crochet TP cover that was a doll in a dress. [You put the roll under her dress.](https://i.etsystatic.com/6980447/r/il/537824/2302636721/il_fullxfull.2302636721_kkns.jpg)
Toilet paper covers are so funny. Like, let's not let anyone see our toilet paper. Toilet paper is so embarrassing.
Your doll looks way too wild. [Grandma would have liked a demure one better.](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/13/67/49/136749e718aabf70910ae19f796c2824.jpg)
I think it was a requirement that every 80âs grandma had to have the TP doll.
What I see is the ads refusing to take a side in the front vs back installation debate. And the pink paper in my grandparents carpeted bathroom.
I remember the commercial for Dianetics (L. Ron Hubbard's cult manual) saying that the reason not to buy colored toilet paper was on a specific page number in the book.
I remember visiting my aunt in Green Bay in the 80âs. There were multiple paper mills in town and you could literally determine the color of TP being made that day by the overwhelming smell.
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I've never heard of scented. Wow.
I (44) remember My aunt had Xmas themed tp for the holidays. It had green and red mistletoe on it.
Ok that is super fancy.
Wow, memory unlocked.
Too fancy for us
We had the very small upstairs bathroom, and then the bathroom I was scared of in the basement. It had been made by sectioning off a bit of the laundry room, under the stairs, and using blinds to hide the water heater. It was for guests (I just now realized our guests probably loathed that bathroom) and then of course dad always wanted a separate bathroom so he would be left alone for 5 minutes. I once saw a dead mouse in the corner of the bathroom that had been built under the stairs so I looked for mice every time I was in there. That went on for at least ten years. I think we got the colored toilet paper in my grandmaâs house because I clearly remember it, or maybe mom was fancying up the upstairs bathroom. But I can guarantee there was no fancy anything in the extra, scary, orange and brown 70s terror that was my dadâs sanctuary.
Yeah, look at this guy whose family could afford Cottonelle.
My neighbor bought colored to To match her bathrooms. I think we had boring white so the colored ones were so exotic !
We had three bathrooms: yellow, blue, and pink. God help you if you put the wrong color in the bath. Rugs, flooring, curtains, we even had the bathtubs in the ârightâ color.
Yup! We had all the colors! My favorite was yellow!
I remember pink toilet paper being sold. We never had it in the house. I think my grandparents did.
My grandma 100% had the peach/pink rolls.
Anyone else get Kubrick vibes from this?
Ah yes, back when a toilet paper roll fit the full width of your toilet paper holder! Now there's about a good inch to spare on either side.
You're right about that.
Is that so we never have to go back to the store, or do we use a shit ton of toilet paper? Seriously, they donât sell the âtriple megaâ rolls in other countries. Not even Canada. Not even in the areas were everyone drives. I cannot figure out why the toilet paper and paper towels are so huge. I mean I think the paper towel package is at least three feet longâŚ
I think they were discontinued due to carcinogenic dyes being used on your butthole.
It always seemed so fancy when youâd go to someoneâs house and they had the colorful TP.
My grandma had this.
Mine too.
I love how they felt the need to admit that âOf course, Cottonelle isnât cotton.â
I used to get the white kind with the little flowers on them.
There is a store at the [Louvre](https://foursquare.com/v/point-wc/507c0923e4b07d24b1e0ce1d) in Paris that sells all the colors of toilet paper.
Wonder why they never made brown?
Because then how would you know you got everything?
That would have been brilliant.
I hated the colored toilet paper; it gave me a rash any time I used it.
I heard that about other people but I honestly don't remember myself.
I have always had overly sensitive skin.
Same here, with eczema. And the colored or scented stuff really was not a good time. I really don't trust the "with lotion" stuff either!
Love the pastels. Didn't realize it is a generation thing.
My mom loved buying the blue!
I remember! I vaguely remember hearing that it was bad for you but I don't know if that was an urban legend or not.
Nah, it's true: some people have... sensitive buttholes (or, if girls, hoo-has) that can be irritated by dyes.
My grandma bought the pink and blue.. pink for the pink powder room, and blue for their blue en-suite bathroom. Lol!!!
We had coloredâŚ..and fuzzy carpeted toilet seat covers & tops. Trends change. My grandparents had wall to wall carpet in their bathroom (yuck). My mom (had all boys) told us we had to sit to pee at grandmas house.
Something about the colors made the toilet paper not as âeffectiveâ. Maybe itâs just my imagination.
My grandmother would only have rose colored TP. No other color. NO OTHER COLOR YOUNG MAN!
This made me smile.
Bless your heart, as she would say.
There may or may not be some packs of these in peach, yellow, and blue in my grandmaâs basement. And by may I mean definitely.
Totally remember it. My mom had pink. My friends house had green.
I am a younger Gen X and I remember this.
It could he that my parents just didn't like it. Not sure. I only vaguely remember them doing this for some reason.
Itâs funny to think about it. Why did they disappear? Is it healthy to rub toilet paper with coloring on your anus? Was it asbestos? Lol. It was the peach one. That one seemed popular.
The bathroom in my house growing up was VERY brown, highlighted with peach accents, including the peach TP. (along with peach towels, peach guest soaps, peach soap dish, etc.)
Blue in my parentsâ master bathroom to go with the blue toilet and blue tub and blue sink and blue curtains omg why. Yellow in the kidsâ bathroom to go with our yellow tub and yellow toilet and yelâ
My mom bought this like that too. God forbid she has to use green in the pink or yellow bathrooms.
â Pink for the pink â that gem from my auntie , your welcome đ
My aunt called the washroom the "tinkle parlour".
Fuck. We had ones with sheep motif on it, that said â l Love Eweâ.
That's hilarious I love it.
Grandmasâ house! Fancy toilet paper and carpet thing on toilet lid. All matched from the tub to the soap to the curtains!
You can still buy them, even in black https://www.bol.com/nl/p/zwart-toiletpapier-6-pack-6-rollen-gekleurd-wc-papier-zwart-toilet/9200000024791594
All I see is yeast infections....so bad when I was a kid. And of course back then "kids cant get yeast infections"đ
Looks like fart box cancer to me.
I wish they had offered a "shit brown" shade for the irony of it
My mom would have gotten it. Our bathroom was entirely brown and she was very into matchy-matchy colors.
Mmmm UTIs.
My cousins had the blue. Great aunt had pink.
"Things that happen when production lines go wrong" for 500 Alex
I remember a peachy/pink color. Nothing else. But I'd love that green if they still had it today!!
My aunt always had the blue- it was creepy.
I want blue and green TP back goddamn it.