Is separating laundry colours dated practice?

This thread is like the many threads about mumsnetters who can tell when someone doesn’t iron- we know you can tell but we don’t care because it doesn’t matter 😂

I've never separated. I only separate dark colours for the first few washes. After that they're fine. Been doing this for over 30 years. My whites are not grey at all! They're still brilliant white. DH wears a lot of white shirts for work. All are as good as new.

On the stove? 😂 Wouldn’t want to come for dinner at your house. Just wash your clothes in the washing machine. How old is your washing machine for it to be that wasteful? I think now I’ve heard it all. 😅

Never separated anything, never had any colours run. White shirts, black jeans, blue towels, I just chuck it all in! Always wash at 40, supermarket own brand powder, simple.

I accidentally did a mixed wash with a new pair of jeans and all the whites and light pinks turned horrible light grey. And I used two colour catchers as well

I do a whites in with light colours, a sports wear wash (with special powder) a darks colour wash and a towels in with bedding wash. I use a colour catcher in every wash too.

Had too many incidents years ago of chucking stuff out.

I thought everyone did separate washes.

So do I. Just do a half load if not enough of one colour scheme/type. There's only two of us now but we both do a lot of sport so generate quite a bit of washing.

Colour catchers! Can't believe only one other poster seems to use them

But I do occasionally find a stray dark sock in my whites wash, and that really annoys me!

Whites
Lights
Bright colours
Dark colours

Towels
Bedding

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

I do whites, lights, brights and darks. I’ll also use colour catchers if I know something is being washed for the first time. I’ll also chuck something in the “wrong” wash if I know it’s been washed dozens of times before - but never ever in a white wash. But we have enough dirty washing to do these separate washes so it works fine for us.

DH only wears white shirts for work and they are very expensive so I will not allow them to go grey. They wash brilliantly and last years. We always use bio powder and no fabric softener. I wonder if the detergent used makes a difference?

I separate by type of fabric and by colour: dark synthetics, light synthetics, light cotton, dark cotton.

I do whites separately with oxi action powder, lights separately, then colours and darks together.

Not for me. I'm doing say 10 to 12 loads of laundry per fortnight - I'm absolutely going to sort it appropriately! I can do 10 mixed loads where everything goes grey and I'm washing a pair of filty black work jeans in with my best white lace bra - or 10 sorted loads.

It's no more effort, clothes last longer, look nicer, towels and bedding get separate hot washes.

I think whites get grubby over time if you put them in together. I do lights, darks and colours…. Plenty of washing in this house so I don’t have to save stuff up for long to get a full load

We chuck it all in together at 30. I use oxygen colour persil 15 degree liquid and lenor. It's all clean and fresh

Whites, lights, dark and cleaning/dog stuff - that's what I do! Especially important for the whites imo, keeps them bright and nice.

I do the following...
Darks
Lights
Reds
Light delicate
Dark delicate
Light towels
Dark towels

There are a couple of kids at school with DS who always have really manky looking grey polo shirts - you really can't help noticing them, especially in summer when the kids don't have jumpers on. I always assume it's because their polos are just washed with everything else, not just whites. One wash probably doesn't make a difference , repeated washes does.

Whites, darks, coloured stuff all separately. Bedding and towels separately too. It’s how I’ve always done it.

I accidentally put a purple tee in with the whites once and lots of my lovely white T-shirts and vest tops all took on a horrible bluish/purple tone. I tried bleaching them but, alas, they never looked the same again, ended up being hair dye tops and rags.

Depends how full the basket is. Could be whites- lights- brights- darks. Or could be lightish- not lightish. Towels and sheets always done hotter and without fabric conditioner.

The DC's PE kit is mainly black and red other than two white t-shirts. I do a mid week wash each week when I chuck it all in together. Those t-shirts were decidedly grey by the end of the year! The whites which I was separately at the weekend remain white

Our water is very hard and denim jeans especially seem to turn everything grey. I do a whites/very lights wash, darks, and reds as I have a lot of red for some reason.

Every now and then I just do a whites and add some whitener and stick it on cottons.

I have a white towel that turned peach - it's a lovely peach but I can't turn it back 😂

This!