See sad beige on Wiktionary
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"text": "\"Go ahead and call me crazy or a sad beige mom for what I'm about to do,\" Nattie Jo Powell began in her 1 December video. In the clip, the lifestyle creator set out to redecorate her daughter's plastic tree to mimic the aesthetic of her home decor.",
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