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Car colors by year (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/justpost

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[–] saltesc 55 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

I forget what it was, something I read or watched... But there's a link between the colours society picks for clothing, cars, etc. that correlates with society's general mood on things. Monotones are negative or unsettled. When society is happier, it tends to go for colours

[–] Dkarma 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I was just thinking how one could extrapolate a whole lot about American anxiety by this chart.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The data is from Poland.

[–] ChicoSuave 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Those Poles make other nervous...

[–] Boingboing 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

https://youtu.be/Ab2u-iGN3uk?si=RHU4Zv2tdfVPpb74

I think this is the video you are referring to. And yeah I guess we been miserable as a society for the past 40 years now.

[–] saltesc 1 points 10 months ago

That's prob it. I watch a lot of Donut haha

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

hence the pride flag

it is an outburst of positive mood

[–] gaifux 1 points 9 months ago

lol

[–] madcaesar 4 points 10 months ago

The Bush Era was pure depression.

[–] melisdrawing 3 points 10 months ago

Oh you wonder why I always dress in black? Why you never see bright colors on my back? And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone? Well there's a reason for the things that I have on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Maybe the changes in color preference, but no way color preferences alone are correlated. Some cultures just prefer more color by default, and I'm pretty certain it isn't because they're happier. They just have a different default. I'm sure that default can change over time too, and this chart is also probably swayed by the fact silver cars tend to resale better, so sometimes people don't choose their preference, but make a logic based decision.