Sherwin-Williams Calls Average Hair Color at Tea Party Gathering 'Balanced Beige'
“Older people—they remember what America was like,” says an official.
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The South Carolina Tea Party Coalition convened in Myrtle Beach over the weekend, and one thing that stuck out was how few young people were in the crowd.
Inspired by the New York Times' use of Sherwin-Williams paint swatches to identify Speaker John Boehner’s skin as “husky orange,” I sampled and averaged the hair color of 121 audience members. Sherwin-Williams calls it “balanced beige” and catalogues it under “senior living cool foundations.”