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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Because if you need to bleach something to erase a stain, white is the only colour that looks better for it. If you had blue sheets, you have to clean, soak, prewash, whatever, if there is a stubborn stain. With white you just bleach it and it’s good as new.