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Didn't there used to be toilet paper in pastel colors? Seems like there was, (Original Post) raccoon Jul 2016 OP
If I recall correctly, the dyes cause environmental problems, drm604 Jul 2016 #1
It's true, terribly true... TreasonousBastard Jul 2016 #2
Pastel colors and prints. haele Jul 2016 #3
Kleenex, too. Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2016 #4
this was was really bad for the environment, the economy, you name it... IcyPeas Jul 2016 #5
The dyes and perfumes are irritating to the private parts, underahedgerow Jul 2016 #6
yes, the dyes and perfumes just disappeared. yellowdogintexas Jul 2016 #17
You can still get pink tp in France. auntpurl Jul 2016 #7
I remember it quite well. You could get pink and blue and pale yellow The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2016 #8
I used to buy the prints. femmocrat Jul 2016 #9
Yes! I've recently had the same question! WinkyDink Jul 2016 #10
Nothing says you really, really care like a color coordinated bathroom. In_The_Wind Jul 2016 #11
Just google "pastel toilet paper" - not only colors but printed paper, too! csziggy Jul 2016 #12
Now that you mention it, I remember my mother getting the patterned kind Rhiannon12866 Jul 2016 #13
In high school, back in the early 90's virginia mountainman Jul 2016 #14
You can get some colored crepe paper Tom Kitten Jul 2016 #15
When I was in Spain in 1983, the toilet paper WAS crepe paper. yellowdogintexas Jul 2016 #16
Really. Tom Kitten Jul 2016 #18

drm604

(16,230 posts)
1. If I recall correctly, the dyes cause environmental problems,
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:56 PM
Jul 2016

or maybe they irritated people's bottoms. Whichever it was, there was a reason it was stopped.

haele

(12,676 posts)
3. Pastel colors and prints.
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 03:12 PM
Jul 2016

My aunt loved a pink and yellow country floral printed TP that Scott used to make, matched her uncomfortably over-decorated guest bathroom. A rent-mate used to regularly pick up a pale blue brand for some reason; didn't quite match the aqua-mint and black tiles in our 1960's common bathroom. Right tone, wrong shade, and itchy as hell.

They finally discontinued colored TP in the mid-90's, from what I experienced. At least I didn't see it anymore here in San Diego County.
On edit - it seems that Scotts used to make colored TP up to 2004.

Haele

underahedgerow

(1,232 posts)
6. The dyes and perfumes are irritating to the private parts,
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 05:26 PM
Jul 2016

especially lady parts in addition to being bad for septic systems, etc.



yellowdogintexas

(22,270 posts)
17. yes, the dyes and perfumes just disappeared.
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 11:27 PM
Jul 2016

I had stayed away from them for a long time having found out they were not good for the nether regions

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,836 posts)
8. I remember it quite well. You could get pink and blue and pale yellow
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 06:03 PM
Jul 2016

and maybe some other colors. Maybe pale green and peach as well. Unfortunately it tended to make peoples' nether regions itch.

csziggy

(34,137 posts)
12. Just google "pastel toilet paper" - not only colors but printed paper, too!
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 09:17 PM
Jul 2016

In the UK you can get fucsia toilet paper: http://www.redcandy.co.uk/renova-toilet-roll-fucsia-paper

There are a lot of other choices in decorative toilet paper:


Innovations in Toilet Paper
Miss Cellania
Most local stores have a selection of toilet paper ranging from cheap white paper to expensive white paper. That's it. When I was a child, you could get toilet paper in pastel pink or blue, but those died out when designers decided bathrooms can be other colors. There was also the discovery that dyes can cause allergic reactions in some people (not a pleasant thought). So white it is. But only at the local supermarket. With the power of the internet, you can break free from the tyranny of plain toilet paper!

My personal favorite category:
Bathroom Reading
Just Toilet Paper has an extensive collection of specialty paper in lovely patterns, as well as several styles of bathroom reading material. You can get rolls with bathroom information or jokes, Beavis and Butthead humor, or Monty Python Skits (recommended by the man with three buttocks).
http://mentalfloss.com/article/18351/innovations-toilet-paper

virginia mountainman

(5,046 posts)
14. In high school, back in the early 90's
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 04:04 PM
Jul 2016

Their where a set of fraternal twins, a boy and girl. One of "our group" thought it would be hilarious to "tp" there cars with blue and pink toilet paper. ... it was extremely funny.

yellowdogintexas

(22,270 posts)
16. When I was in Spain in 1983, the toilet paper WAS crepe paper.
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 11:26 PM
Jul 2016

I still have a bit of it around here somewhere. Fuschia crepe paper.

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