BB, that's very cynical!
Although I don't care very much about it myself (I was Board President for the better part of a decade in my building, but have black blinds in one window), if our Board is any indication, there is no ulterior motive to the "neutrals" requirement for window dressing: the owners just want a uniform, pleasant, boring look to keep the property values high.
I haven't been sucessfull in convincing everyone that black is a neutral, but I have been able to keep my black blinds.
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