Is separating laundry colours dated practice?

I do separate light wash and dark/colours wash. White clothes go grey otherwise. Dd washes things together at uni, as not worth doing a separate wash and she has a few white t shirts that do look grey now.

Generally whites and lights, darks and brights! I do throw in some whites with coloured and always fine, but not anything new. X

I use a different detergent for my whites than the rest of my washing. I also found that the colours of items were becoming murky - nude pants taking on a pinky tinge or a muddy green, blues getting darker, reds getting purply.

I tend to separate my washing by colour. Pale blues go in the white stuff but otherwise red, blue, black, brown. And sometimes I've noticed things I've rinsed due to stains are still turning the water green or purple. Maybe I just buy cheaper clothes?

Haha this sounds like my DP. Has the odd colour things in a white wash and it grinds my gears!!!

So do it, mixing is cringeworthy

Broadly i chuck white in with Bedding and towels (which are white ish). I have a toddler DD and I often lob her pale pink stuff in too. All other colours go in together.
I have a few silk or cashmere bits i wash separately.
I never separate my tights despite telling myself I should 😂

Same here

I'm glad I'm not the only one (I also have ikea stacking bins in my garage):

Lights (grey, blue, green, light brown etc)
Brights (red/orange/pink, yellow)
Darks
Whites
Towels, sheets, tea towels (dark or light)
Cleaning cloths and bathmats

Colour running is definitely still a thing. I recently chucked a teal bath towel in with my favourite white ones in a rush and they're now a hint of teal colour not white.

If you wash whites with coloured or darks particularly, whites still do go grey. Whether you're bothered about it is another matter. I do Whites, Colours, Darks all on 40, and Towels and Bedding on 60. It's not a big hassle to seperate, and I am not someone who likes dingy whites. Horses for courses.

White wash once a week on a Friday which is DC’s school shirts and couple of my work blouses. Bedding wash once a week. Everything else goes in together.

Me too!

I split in to lights and darks (and bedding/towels separate again).

In my experience, the odd mixed wash doesn't do any harm. I do mixed washes when we're on holiday due to logistics and have never had a problem). But over time, the lights pick up dye and look grubby/grey.

I do whites, darks, other colours, towels and bedding all separately.

In the past when I was trying to save time I used to throw it all in however the whites went a weird colour after a few months. The Only whites I have are some underwear and dc school shirts, so I only do one wash a week.

I have started washing on a higher temperature again, I did my towels on a full long 60 wash and the colour of the water was vile…bedding is now also back on a 60 long wash!

I do seem to have a lot of laundry..

I'm surprised how few people seem to use colour catcher sheets. They're a marvel! I put one in every wash and everything goes in together and whites stay perfectly white. The colour the sheets come out do show that without them, whites probably would get grubby over time. Although I can't say I'd be that bothered if they did as it's pretty much just DD's school shirts and by the time they get to the grubby stage they'll be stained anyway.

I don't separate laundry.

I also don't wear whites much to be honest - underwear is black or nude, no school shirts in this house.

Bed linen goes through separately as it's awash on it's own,

I have a couple of white T shirts I guess but that's about it.

This, one hundred per cent. Cannot give a fuck about DC school stuff looking dingy, if that actually even happens.

If you really can't give a fuck about how your/your dc clothes look and smell then no, why would you separate your laundry? I think those of us who do it, do it because we do care about these things.

I separate darks, whites and towels

I still do it

Whites
Mids
Darks
Also wash sports gear, wool/silk and towels in separate wash loads

I haven't separated out darks and lights for years and my white stuff looks great even after two or three years of regular washing.

I separate colours, reds/pinks and whites out.

As others have said whites go grey with time otherwise. And have had instances where pinks pick up the dark colours too turning them a weird dingy colour.

It keeps the clothes wearable for longer, saves landfill and means we all look smarter for a while. We do have a lot of pinks and reds though due to school uniform and having girls.

It's roulette isn't it. I washed a new white t-shirt with a blue logo in with lights assuming it'd be fine. Reader, it was not. The whole load came out weirdly blue, kind of looked fluorescent.

I always separate as over time I do think you can tell.

I always separate, my DIL doesn’t and her family seem to fashion a grubby shade of grey - the kids look like little ragamuffins most of the time!

I don't separate but the only white things I own are socks, so it really doesn't matter if they get a bit grubby looking!

Whites, brights/lights, darks. I find that even if things don’t run in one wash like they used to, whites do end up grubby if you don’t separate them.

I was everything together with a colour catcher sheet in. All fine.