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Moment you notice that he has accidentally jumped on the thousand -year -old decorative trend

Like many millennials, the 29-year-old Ryan Balmer never looked at a large trend tag to a casual tictok scrolling that he unknowingly recorded one of the latest decorative objects on the Internet: millennial green.

“I have spoken some posts about how to recognize an aging thousand year old through the fact that they will be surrounded by a thousand years of green,” said Balmer, who lives in Northern Ireland Newsweek.

Then he started looking around in his own home and noticed his decor, which is primarily green.

“I was not sure if the 'Forest Green' seen in my room –

Screenshots from Ryan Balmer's video when he recognizes himself about his residential culture.

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Balmer's unintentional participation in the trend follows a broader shift from the so -called “thousand year old gray” to green tones. Gray has ruled outstanding in the interior design in the past ten years and has become a trademark of the thousand -year -old decor. But since many have become tired of the monotony of neutral shades of gray, green tones – legend, olive and deep forest – have steadily taken over.

“I think Millennial Gray was our influence on our parents, but in the end I put together with my parents because of my influence with my parents. The older I got, I wanted to see more color and I decided to do green just because it calms me down,” said Balmer. “Maybe Millennial Green is our way of escaping this simple gray -white combination.”

After the discovery, Balmer shared his reaction to Tiktok, where his video was viewed over 270,000 times.

In the comments, people shared their reactions. “You cannot say that pink, gray and green are all millennial. What will come next? Millennial Rainbow?” said a commentator.

While another wrote: “It's nice! Not like the thousand -year -old gray lol.”

Others realized that they had also unintentionally jumped on the trend. A commentator said: “My entire house is green.”

While another viewer wrote: “Omg. I have so much green in my house.”

Martha Fowler, a graphic designer at Academized.com, told beforehand Newsweek: “Green is undoubtedly the new thousand-year-old gray. Sali, olive and steamed eucalyptus tones are always popular because they offer the same neutrality as gray, but with additional warmth and a deeper connection to nature.”

While Balmer stays entertained from the discourse, he ultimately said that he thinks people should accept all the colors that they will bring. “We all have different perspectives on what precise shadows are millennial green or gray,” he said. “But I am sure that it is derived from our hatred to the level and a lack of grass.”