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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Why would they be a laundry nightmare? White stuff is the easiest to clean, you can bleach it and it does not show that it’s old. Removing a stain in 100 times easier on something white than something colored.

Colored stuff requires more care, and if you wash it everyday it will take just a few months before it looks old. Different batches would also discolor differently depending on how old they are, so you would have different shades in the same room, or between sheets and pillowcase. A white sheet is good until it has literally holes in it.