Look at a photograph of a street in the 1950s. Turquoise and bright red cars parked outside shops with hand-painted signs, green-and-yellow enamel advertisements, and mint-green and sunshine-yellow kitchens. Look outside today, and you will find a white car, a black car, or a grey car. At home, a grey phone, a silver laptop, a beige sofa in a white room. Somewhere along the way, we let the colour drain out of our lives...