How does pink affect a person?

What mental and physical effects does pink have on a person? I have heard that in some prisons they used to use pink to keep the prisoners calm and inactive, but that over long periods of time it will reverse itself and make them more aggressive. Anyone know the real scoop?

How does pink affect a person?
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The Color Psychology of Pink


Pink is essentially a light red and is usually associated with love and romance.





Pink is thought to have a calming effect. One shade known as “drunk-tank pink” is sometimes used in prisons to calm inmates. Sports teams sometimes paint the opposing teams locker room pink to keep the players passive and less energetic.





While pink’s calming effect has been demonstrated, researchers of color psychology have found that this effect only occurs during the initial exposure to the color. When used in prisons, inmates often become even more agitated once they become accustomed to the color.








This is really interesting........


The Physiological Effect of Color on the Suppression of Human Aggression:


Research on Baker-Miller Pink


Alexander G. Schauss, Ph.D.


Director, A.I.B.R. Life Sciences


American Institute for Biosocial Research, Inc.


Tacoma, Washington





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Reply:I Didnt Did Effect Anyone.
Reply:some guys looks hot in pink, and i never heard of the prisoners thing
Reply:I've have never heard of such a thing.
Reply:I really don't think this true, but i know that pink is a great color. It shows your manlyness for wearing it. I think that all you heard about calming you down, is just something made up and fake.
Reply:it makes them puke
Reply:It makes me happy hence the name %26lt;prettynpink! it is my favorite color! But then you have to think it's not everyones favorite color so it can affect them differently, seeing how it makes that girl want to puke!
Reply:It makes me swoon and stare off into space. And then I start to seek lime green to counteract it.


Also it makes me go out and wander the halls and peek into people's peek-holes.


I have a computer program that allows me to generate tons of pink on the monitor.


I shall soon commence a study of all this, and investigate not only pink up also powder blue and cyan, and neon red; but it's all complicated by the fact that --hold on, please I seem to have lost my train of thought.
Reply:i know this source is cheesy, but the simpsons have that episode where Homer is placed in the psyciatric ward because he wears pink to work... And i do believe that Matt Groening does tell the truth in his episodes, and that's the message that the episode is portraying to the viewers.


also, if they use it on aggresive men in jail, it will eventually make them calmer, but put them in a state of mind where any type of physical activity or threats to their well being will trigger off different emotions reactions.
Reply:it makes a person feel loving, maybe being in a loving mood makes them angry after a while


PINK





Pink is used in color therapy for treating psychological problems like melancholy, depression and world-weariness. It is helpful in these areas due to its ability to instill in the user a sense of being nurtured, loved and made secure. As such it is a powerful building block for helping individuals take those tentative first stops back to a full and healthy interaction with the world at large. Pink energy will also help put individuals in the mind set of sharing with and caring for others. It is a deeply calming and restorative treatment.
Reply:mmmm makes you look more feminine (girls dig it)
Reply:By those who study color in a spiritual manner, pink is referred to as the color of cosmic or universal love...it is recognized as a powerful color although it does not have a true home in the chakras.





As to its effects, it is one of those colors whose affect on people is closely tied to their psychological imprint of it...for example, a few years ago people who were anti-Britney Spears would have been more repelled by the color due to her misuse of it...if a person already has a strong aversion to it (a slight aversion could become strong over time), he will tend only to repel it further, rather than gaining an appreciation for it. Aversion of such a color cannot be changed by immersion, it must be done in spurts %26amp; over time.





Pink is warming and soothing generally, but most people already have a predisposition (usually the wrong one) as to what it symbolizes, so it can be difficult to use in therapeutic settings. In such times, I suggest using it minimally, as an accent, rather than as the primary color in a large room.





Some of its calming effect is that it is a pastel color. Again, people are not always ready to take on that softness of character, such as pink has.





Using pink to calm prisoners was too much of a quick fix. They weren't getting a long term solution because they really needed was for the prisoners to learn ways of experiencing all of the colors in a healthy way...it's like going to therapy once and thinking that the one session will end your problems forever.