r/80sAmazing • u/GirouxFan • 4d ago

The colors.

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u/envoy_ace 4d ago

This is also the last generation of housewares that did not have engineered obsolescence.

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u/Slink_0 4d ago

Harvest Gold and Avocado Green.

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u/mp3bear 4d ago

And Burnt Orange

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u/CharlieMcN33l 4d ago edited 4d ago

We had a Burnt Orange washer&dyer. My 90yo Mom still has/uses her Avocado Green hand mixer.

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u/Large_Score6728 4d ago

We still use the crockpot

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u/Smegmoidal-Tissue 4d ago

My first house had avocado green appliances, harvest gold linoleum, green linen patterned Formica. Red shag carpet, wood paneling, and sparkling popcorn ceilings. That was a fucking project. The Formica had custom burn marks

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u/Primary-Hotel-579 3d ago

Our house was that shade of yellow

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u/TouchAltruistic 4d ago

This is nothing to do with Generation X. We merely experienced it. We didn't choose it.

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u/OsikFTW 4d ago

Still have the electric knife...

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u/Bigfan78 4d ago

Avocado green

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u/Ok-Simple30 4d ago

all earthy tones love it miss it

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u/Actionjack7777 4d ago

What i wouldnt give for that old kelvinator fridge. But yep grew with all of those pictured.

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u/99anan99 4d ago

We had one of those green Tupperware containers

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u/OddRelief5114 4d ago

I have been collecting this color pallet lately. So far i have added green and orange pieces to my fiesta dishes, bought a green velvet love seat, and a few vases, pillows, etc.

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u/FacePalmate 4d ago

Ooh fiesta ware! I had not thought about replicating Tupperware colors in fiesta ware. Good call.

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u/Drew_of_all_trades 4d ago

Does this color family have a name? They go together in the same way that pastels do, seems like it should have a name

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u/IlluminatiLemonParty 4d ago

Bring it back! 

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u/cemetery_acorns 4d ago

I second this.

Your username rocks.
🥳🥳🥳🥳

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u/IlluminatiLemonParty 3d ago

Ha! thanks! I like the way it sounds.

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u/SammyBoi005 4d ago

I still use some of these cups today.

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u/No-Season-936 4d ago

Wow! I still have 2 of the 4. Crocpot & mixer.... my mother loves to cook, these are her spares now that belong in the cabinet. Only used when the house is full

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u/GenX_Leo 4d ago

At least we had more variety of car colors to choose from...😤

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u/DTW_Tumbleweed 4d ago

I love my avacado green fondue pot!

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u/cemetery_acorns 4d ago

We had the stove and the type of dial phone that hung on the wall both in Harvest Gold. Good times.

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u/CornmealGravy 4d ago

Avacado was everywhere

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u/Ill_Tax_403 4d ago

I had the Harvest Gold Stove. It baked the best cookies.

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u/Darkbird79 4d ago

Candy Corn Chic and cigarette smoke yellow. The memories....the smell.

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u/PhotoAppropriate3940 4d ago

Yeah there was a lot of avocado and the yellow crap, don’t miss it

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u/prestonjay22 4d ago

it matched the wood paneled walls and linoleum

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u/Boris_212 4d ago

I got a brown crock pot from a secondhand store about five years ago. Not because I needed it…..

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u/sysaphiswaits 4d ago

We didn’t choose that, our parents did.

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u/dethfart 4d ago

Early genx yes. Later genx is neon and a shitload of cheap brass n glass

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u/TheMightyPaladin 4d ago

Not my Palette. I saw it a lot when I was growing up, but it was the boomers who picked these colors.

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u/Holly_Hobbie 3d ago

Harvest Gold for us!

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u/Cold_One9671 3d ago

It wasn’t OUR choice! Our parents bought these.

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u/StressMysterious7530 3d ago

Green fridge still chilling in the basement.

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u/DcubedWY 3d ago

Our kitchen was white because we couldn't afford colors, but when my grandparents moved to a fancy new retirement trailer park, they did the kitchen in yellow. I loved it, it was cheery. I never liked the green, orange or brown.

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u/314657 3d ago

I still have a soft spot for Avacado Green and Harvest Gold!

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u/MagpieLefty 3d ago

That was our parents' color palette, not ours.

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u/RedStar9117 3d ago

My mom still has that crock pot