Not bothering to separate colours

I separate - it’s not onerous at all as we have stacking laundry baskets, so it’s already sorted - just wash a basket load as it gets full.

We can’t afford to ruin and replace clothes/ towels/ bedding,so take care of them . .

Lights, darks and red/pink here, yes we have enough red and pink stuff to make its own wash. And these are sub divided into things that can be spun at 1200 and things that can only be spun at 800.

And clothes have fabric conditioner but towels don't so obviously they are separate.

Also branded washing powder because otherwise I can hear my Mum's voice in my head saying own brand just isn't as good and will make all my clothes look grubby!

I don't separate colours but I also don't own anything white that isn't socks, lol.

Can I ask why you care what others do? I seperate into whites, colours and dark when it comes to my children’s clothes. I just do light and dark with mine but I’m not really bothered what other people do. It doesn’t impact me at all

God no, definitely not spending my time separating laundry. I don't wear a lot of white however.

With my bedding, I put the sheet and top pillowcases in one wash and every fortnight I wash the above and the duvet cover and bottom pillowcases which are all similar colours.

I own no white clothing (bar undies) as white makes me look ill. I wear bright colours and throw everything in the same cycle.

I separate everything but my husband doesn't, and he does a much washing as I do. Luckily nothing had run yet except my sons red neckerchief he wears to catering college

I never used to until my spendy t-shirts went a bit grey!! Not its darks and mids on a 30 and whites on a 40 with a Dr Beckman white sachet, far cheaper than replacing them!

I wash all my whites separately, and usually do a separate load for jeans or black things, and then wash other coloured things together but on a cool wash so that colours don't run. I wash almost every day so it's not an issue doing lots of separate loads.

DD works in healthcare, and her tunics are white, but they are all now a dingy grey.

I do 3 lots. Whites/lights, darks, and everything else.

I do:
Whites
Lights (cream and beige)
Darks
Yellows
Red/pinks
Green/blues

I'm aware this is overkill 🫣 we have multiple coloured school uniform that runs and several football kits

No need for the sarcasm. Most people I know have white sheets, which is why I asked.

I am aware that other colours exist.

I'm not separating lights and darks, I'm too busy working and having fun

Clearly, my life is not as exciting and fun filled as yours

I am careful about separating but there are usually only two of us to wash for now and no baby whites or endless school shirts so the occasional white garment might have to wait a few weeks until there are enough sundry white items to go in together.

I'm perplexed at people's whites going grey, never had that happen. Maybe you need to buy higher quality detergent.

I separate into whites + lights and dark + brights but only if there is enough in total for 2 loads.

We're a family of five so a separated wash is still big enough for a full load. I do tend to separate out colours and whites, only because I have a couple of red/pink items that stubbornly bleed.

School uniforms I used to be really vigilant about - until I discovered colour catchers and now they all get bunged in together. I just have to be careful because they seem to quite often get sucked into the outlet pipe which is a pain to sort out.

i do mixed colours and whites. But it can take 5-6 weeks to have enough to put a white wash on as we don't wear white much at all.

I'm not separating lights and darks, I'm too busy working and having fun, i don't want to extend how long it takes to do chores.

I separate everything!

White polo shirts, school shirts and white tee shirts.

white towels, sheets, white socks duvet covers on a hot wash

Dark colours

Bright colours

colours with white in them ( e.g navy and white stripes) with a colour catcher

Football and sports kit

It doesn't take me any longer

Whites and lights together, darks together. Nobody in my house really wears brights. A single one of DH's black sports socks can dye a full load of whites

However my mum doesn't separate and her things always look OK so I do apportion a lot of blame to the brand of socks DH wears.

I only separate my white bedding and the handful of white linen shirts we have between us.

Everything else goes in together unless it's a boil wash in which case it's only undies, socks, sheets and towels (DH has chronic athletes foot) I don't boil tops, hoodies or jeans.

If we are talking say the 80s, whites would have been good with modern powder which contained bleach and more washes done at hotter temperatures, along with hanging out in sunshine. 'Laundry blue' was also still used by some. (and is still available to buy now!).

These days you can wash whites at low temperature with a powder containing bleach, enzymes and optical brightener and they can be a bit day glo!

It's easier to keep colours looking good for longer now.

Whites and lights in together. Darks separately. My son’s expensive stuff in separately probs on a cool wash. Towels and bath mat on their own

I always separate.
Whites
Blacks / grey/navy
Reds and pinks
Yellows and beige.

I think it's why my clothes last for so long, that and not tumble drying My gym teacher was amazed I was wearing a race top from 2013 the other day and said it didn't look old.