Once things have been washed a few times, the only sorting I do is by weight because heavier clothes take longer to dry. White, light, bright, dark, it doesn’t matter. It all gets washed in cold. My kids have been doing their own laundry for many years now, even before they started high school. It’s not hard. Put the clothes in the wash, put in a Tide pod, add some fabric softener, set to cold and go. Once the cycle is done put in the dryer. They don’t have any clothes that require special handling.
When doing laundry in a communal facility do kids ever find that any of their clothes get stolen?