Along the same lines, Hayden Fry, the former football coach at the U. of
Iowa (also has a B.A. in psych) had the Univ. paint the visitor's lock room
pink for the same reasons. Whenever their games are televised, the
commentators generally get a kick out of it.
At 11:04 AM 2/11/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
>On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 14:35:09 -0500 Deborah Briihl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>writes:
>>Yes, there is some lit. out there that has demonstrated that colors
>>can
>>seem to manipulate mood, etc. HOWEVER, a sheet of paper probably won't
>>work
>>- you need to have all of the walls painted this color for any
>>noticeable
>>difference.
>>
>A sheriff of a small county in North Carolina got ahold of research that
>said that pink paint has a calming influence. So he painted the jail
>cells the color of Pepto Bismal. He also included blue teddy bear
>stencil, but didn't explain his "reasoning" on it.
>
>Ann Calhoun-Sauls
>Psychology Department
>Belmont Abbey College
>Belmont, NC 28012
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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