A segment on today’s CBS Sunday Morning discussed the psychology of colors in interior
spaces, among them the color called: “Drunk Tank Pink”. Apparently
psychological studies found that even the most hostile prison inmates became
calm and subdued in rooms painted this bright but chalky pink color. And this color of
pink is roughly the same color as the upset stomach remedy Pepto Bismol. So that led me to wonder if
Pepto Bismol was made this color in the hopes of calming people’s stomachs
down. Maybe they were hoping that someone who needed a stomach remedy would see
this color and feel calm, or that failing this, at least they could paint their
stomach this color, and subdue its aggression, like with prison inmates. And
seeing as how many people presumably use Pepto Bismol due to stomach upset from
overindulgence, especially from alcohol, it’s especially appropriate to have it
be Drunk Tank Pink.
