That's right, basically kitchen appliances, although fancy lads have separate utility rooms for washing machines and tumble dryers, and they often come in white so I guess the term stuck.

‘Whitegoods’ is commonly used in Australia too.

In Sweden also. We say "vitvaror" which literally translates to white goods.

Same in German: "Weißwaren" also translates directly to white goods. I think it's amazing to see the similarities in languages.

Wow I’d never heard (or at least noticed) that and I speak German. Turns out they have red, brown and black too.

https://www.hotelier.de/lexikon/w/weisse-ware

In Slovak we call it "Biela technika" which translates to "White technology".

Interesting. It would be almost same “biała technika” in Polish but I’ve never heard that term.

Was a tiny culture shock learning "hvitevarer" when I moved to Norway too.

Dutch as well. ‘Witgoed’