Millennials across the internet are realising, to their horror, that a key stereotype about their generation’s interior design sense may actually be based in truth.
The term ‘Millennial grey’ is thrown around a lot online, particularly by Gen Zers mocking the elder generation for their decor choices.
If you haven’t heard of the term, it relates to the various shades of grey decor, paint and furnishings that have grown in popularity since the 2010s and have seemingly become synonymous with how Millennials choose to decorate their homes.
Urban Dictionary sums up the term as the “sad depressive hue of the colour grey which many Millennials coat their life in”.
Now, it seems that many in the generation are realising they have played right into this stereotype.
One TikTok user, who goes by BikTok online, went viral after sharing a video of her home brimming with grey decor.
“When you realise why they call it ‘Millennial grey’,” the creator wrote, adding that she was feeling “attacked” ...
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