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AgnosticAsian t1_j4o7lk8 wrote

Reply to comment by choschnebab in TIL in 1967 you could buy a Ford Mustang in 47 different colors by MoreTacoPie

That's because companies found that 99% of people only really picked a handful of colors.

The savings from not stockpiling 47 paint colors outweighed the lost revenue from the 1% of customers picking other colors.

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fuzzygondola t1_j4q6sjd wrote

Another reason is that good colorful paints became very expensive when they banned many of the chemicals that made them bond well and endure weather. Today's colorful paints wouldn't be expensive anymore but people just don't want colors that stand out anymore.

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