I was old enough to see it as the passing fad it was.
Niche, style points first kind of thing for sure.
Meta: old enough that getting either a new color not intended, or an additional one visible on screen and having the machine remain able to perform was a big deal.
I missed the MDA/EGA/CGA/Hercules era and jumped right into glorious VGA. Only start options for some DOS-games informed you about that drama in the mid 90s not having any idea what that meant otherwise.
It is a fun era NOW. I love the pre VGA PC and earlier systems, like Apple 2, Atari. Am building a CGA system with a K2 CPU to go hacking on to see what was possible. I have, as do many, unfinished business :)
Back then, it was fun at times, bit was also limiting in ways sometimes hard to fathom ways.
Things are crazy good now, BTW. Almost anything is a few clicks away. The CRT is old, panels so damn good..