I imagine a white PC fan would look terrible if not cleaned daily or used in a room with very filtered air.

vladvasiliu 31 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Well, I have a bunch of lower-end black fans, some of them quite old, from before transparent cases were a thing. They're actually pretty much gray if I don't wipe them off.

Noctua's signature... brown-orange? Whatever that color is, it has the same issue. The blades are basically gray if I don't wipe them.

Haven't seen anybody start a gray craze, though. Though I have a grayish motorbike that also shows dust and dirt like nobody's business (it's a bike I use strictly on paved roads).

	▲	ufocia 15 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		If it were about performance and not marketing, they'd try to optimize for resistance to dust adhesion and resource consumption: energy, cost, durability, etc.

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nerdsniper 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I have them. They get dusty at about the same rate as a pure black fan (which also shows gray/brown dust quite easily). I need to clean mine about every 6-9 months to keep them looking good enough to "show off". I generally run a Winix HEPA filter in each room of my apartment.

I don't think matte white is worse than matte black in terms of showing dust. They both do.

	▲	Zak an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I suspect there's a reason brown is Noctua's signature color.

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malfist an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Black cars show road dust immediately. White cars don't. I image it's similar for computer fans

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layer8 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Dust can actually be more visible on black than on white.