Fair enough fair enough. I honestly never really thought to like, quantify and properly acknowledge release years for some colorways but now that you mention it, just going based on a few OG colorways released as part of the remaster initiative to now:
Chicago I - 1985, 1995, 2003, 2010 (KO), 2013, 2015, 2022
Bordeaux VII - 1992, 2011, 2015
White Cement IV - 1989, 1999, 2012, 2016
Black Metallic V - 1990, 1999, 2006, 2011, 2016
Black Infrared VI - 1991, 2000, 2010, 2014, 2019
Very small sample size I'm aware, but the key point is that the years between current and previous releases usually ends up being between 4-5 years or more on average with some outliers here and there (i.e. Maroon VI rereleasing once since 1991). So yeah like you said, once it's been 5 years after a release, it's more than reasonable to expect to see a colorway return, which also certainly makes it odd and even frustrating when certain ones get thrown to the side for almost or even over a decade, like you mentioned.