Cells painted ‘peaceful pink’
PA Auckland Pink, the colour of love, is being tested in New Zealand police cells to calm prisoners. Overseas studies indicate criminals surrounded by pink walls are less aggressive and now New Zealand police are putting the theory to the test. Police cells in Pukekohe and Palmerston North have been painted soft pink and half of the Wellington station cells will follow suit. A police works officer, Mr Harry Weedon, said police cells had been painted pink in the past but, because different shades were used, the ef feet on criminals hac been difficult to assess. The latest trial, using s British Standard colour would be run over a twoyear period, after which officers monitoring the cells would be surveyed and their impressions recorded. “We won’t be conducting scientific experiments,” Mr Weedon said. A natural therapist, Ms Anne Older, said pink was a calming and relaxing colour and was a combination of red for warmth and comfort and blue — nature’s most healing colour.
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Press, 29 July 1989, Page 16
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