Oh God, please don't let this spread to refrigerators

Just … no

“Living coral” — bright pink to us plebes — has been declared “color of the year” by some group, and interior decorators are expected to march in lockstep off the cliff.

You may scoff, but I distinctly remember when “avocado” was declared to be the next new color choice back in the mid-60s, and sure enough, within a year or so I began seeing avocado refrigerators, cabinets, bathtubs and even toilets (!) in the homes of my friends’ parents. Even today, touring homes as a realtor, I still come across artifacts from that dreadful era.

Let’s make white the new pink.