eli5 Why do hotels all over the world, and so many people at their home use white bed sheets? Aren’t they the easiest to stain and a laundry nightmare?

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eli5 Why do hotels all over the world, and so many people at their home use white bed sheets? Aren’t they the easiest to stain and a laundry nightmare?

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I used to work in a hotel many years ago and we went through every sheet that came from the cleaners and if they had even the tiniest of stains/markings we would disregard them for use and send them back. We would get new sheets for any “cleaned and stained” ones. With any other colour than white, it’s very hard to see possible stains.
No idea what happened to the “cleaned and stained”.