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To: BenLurkin

What is the deal with all the greyscale paint jobs? Some people around here are even painting their houses like that.


5 posted on 06/22/2026 12:06:05 PM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: equaviator

“ Some people around here are even painting their houses like that.”
I also noticed people building new houses with black roofs and walls.
For the love of god people it’s Texas and it gets very hot here. Black paint/finishes absorb heat are it will damaged anything attached to it or under it.
For centuries people who live in a desert paint anything with outside exposure white. These new designers seem to be infected with a serious case of dumbassery!!


13 posted on 06/22/2026 12:13:37 PM PDT by 9422WMR
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To: equaviator
When people are unhappy you see grey scale and dark colors.

When people are happy you see bright peppy colors.

Grey and bleak has been the norm in houses and cars for the past 15 or so years.

Cars started to go back to color about a year ago. Houses will take a little longer.

15 posted on 06/22/2026 12:15:49 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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To: equaviator

I have one. I call it the Batmobile.


19 posted on 06/22/2026 12:24:33 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: equaviator
What is the deal with all the greyscale paint jobs? Some people around here are even painting their houses like that.

I've noticed that too, grey homes and grey or black drive-ins like McDonald's and Taco Bell. Really depressing looking.

32 posted on 06/22/2026 1:10:49 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: equaviator

“What is the deal with all the greyscale paint jobs? Some people around here are even painting their houses like that.”

Many people are essentially sheep who wanna copy other sheep.


39 posted on 06/22/2026 3:35:42 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: equaviator

What is the deal with all the greyscale paint jobs?
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44 posted on 06/22/2026 8:46:44 PM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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Lots of new car paint colors remind me of 1960’ or ‘70’s “Testors” enamel model paint colors. I look at the “enamel gray” color new cars and say “When are they going to paint over that primer job?”

As for black car paint jobs, they do not survive in places like Phoenix or FResno (unless garaged 90% of the time)...after a few years the clear coat turns white then the car ends up looking like it has “scabies” or something!


45 posted on 06/22/2026 8:59:03 PM PDT by Drago (.)
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To: equaviator

What is the deal with all the greyscale paint jobs? Some people around here are even painting their houses like that.


It is a fashion industry. A committee decided gray would be the popular color. The good news is emerald green is on the way back.


47 posted on 06/23/2026 2:19:20 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple ((Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere))
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