Say my house was hunter green, and everyone liked it like that. Then I found out that aluminum-siding was the new thing to do. I decided against going with green again, so I found this great hot-pink siding. Cost practically nothing.
If I may, the trouble with the analogies (both his and previously posted ones), is that we didn't want him to change the color. It was just fine the way it was before.
HE'S the one that changed the color of the house, not us.