| 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 and | | | | wants 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 it | | | | rolls was harmful to the environment. |
| is today. Introduced in the 50's and popular | | | | With increased costs of production (it costs more to |
| throughout the 70's, many manufacturers produced a | | | | produce 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 of | | | | less and less colored TP. Up until 5 years ago, Scott |
| their toilet tissue to the color of their bathrooms (it | | | | was one of the last remaining manufactures to still |
| was the 70's afterall!) So besides the obvious reason | | | | produce our old friend in beige, blue, and pink. |
| that what was hip in the 70's isn't anymore, where | | | | However, 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 major | | | | bottoms we thank you for the service you have |
| events occurred which hurt sales and thus led to the | | | | provided us over the years. We'll miss you. |
| downfall of the colored toilet paper reign: | | | | |