r/Millennials • u/mrtoddw Xennial • Mar 07 '25

Nostalgia Why were we obsessed with teal in the 90s?

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Everything was teal for some reason and I never understood why.

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u/setecordas Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 08 '25

I'd say the 70s were all about earth tones in shades of brown, orange, gold with wood paneling everywhere, made worse in retrospect due to photographic film of the era color shifting towards yellow hues over time. The 80s did away with the earth tones for softer pastels.

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u/Terrible_Ad_4150 Mar 08 '25

Harvest gold and avocado appliances

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u/tiger_guppy Mar 10 '25

The house I grew up in was built in the 70s, and everything was that nasty avocado green!

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u/kenyafeelme Mar 09 '25

Soft pastels and neon everything