Where Did All the Colored Toilet Paper Go?

When was the last time you reached for some TP- Doctors started warning colored toilet tissue could
and saw anything but the standard white roll?lead to skin irritation. As pretty as it looked, no one
Probably around the same time tie dyed t-shirts andwants to deal with that!
Birkenstocks were still in style, right?- Ecologists also began warning the dye in the colored
30 years ago colored toilet paper wasn't the rarity itrolls was harmful to the environment.
is today. Introduced in the 50's and popularWith increased costs of production (it costs more to
throughout the 70's, many manufacturers produced aproduce colored than white toilet paper) and a
variety of colors including pink, blue, yellow, lilac, tan,decrease in sales, manufacturers began to produce
and black. Homeowners loved matching the color ofless and less colored TP. Up until 5 years ago, Scott
their toilet tissue to the color of their bathrooms (itwas one of the last remaining manufactures to still
was the 70's afterall!) So besides the obvious reasonproduce our old friend in beige, blue, and pink.
that what was hip in the 70's isn't anymore, whereHowever, they have since cut production all together.
did all the colored TP go?RIP Colored Toilet Paper - From the bottoms of our
According to the King of Toilet Paper, two majorbottoms we thank you for the service you have
events occurred which hurt sales and thus led to theprovided us over the years. We'll miss you.
downfall of the colored toilet paper reign: