Not too long ago, the dementia care facility where my dad was living repainted its walls. It needed it badly, but the color scheme they’ve replaced it with is, well, questionable. One resident was shuffling past the brown and green doors and said, “Ew. It looks like baby shit.” Needless to say, I love that resident.
Baby Shit Brown
29 Friday Jan 2016
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Ugh. Yellow undertones suck. Not only are they not soothing but they trigger images of illness–pus, jaundice, bruises, etc. What a sensational idea coating a dementia care facility with them.
Sky blue, pale lemon yellow, greyed green, these would have been soooo much better.
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My theory is that they’re trying to not have to clean as thoroughly. If a resident hurls poo at the door, no one will notice…
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I confess that was my first thought, too.
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Given that there are actual studies that show the calming effect of pale blue colors on walls, I am surprised the facility would go with baby shit as a color. Welcome to your new home, doesn’t it make you think of poo?
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It’s appalling. Not a single person who saw it going up had anything good to say about it. Who the hell made that decision? On the plus side, though, if a resident smears poo across the door, no one will know it’s there…
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I think you have the answered why it was done.
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Us old folks say it like it is. đź’©
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