Eli5:Why does clothing turn pink in cartoons? I’ve never seen this happen in real life, is it just an exaggeration or is it very much true?
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As several have said, it’s not as common as it once was. If you’d like to do this yourself though, you can! Visit an auto shop and buy new ‘red shop rags’, put in washer with anything you want to be a soft brick red color. The shop rags will shed color for the next 6 washes (or more) so don’t wash then with anything you DON’T want pink!
My sister and I do this intentionally so our shop shower/camping towels (the old rag towels that don’t go upstairs into the nice part of the house) are easily identified. If you’re wanting to ruin someone’s laundry, only use one shop rag. That should make everything a soft pink, and no, washing the load again won’t get the color back out.
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