Within minutes to hours after death, the skin is discolored by livor mortis, or what embalmers call postmortem stain, the purple-red discoloration from blood accumulating in the lowermost (dependent) blood vessels.
Common Chair Rail Height. Again, the most common heights for a chair rail are 32/36 inches. Another rule of thumb is that they should be 1/3rd the height of the room.
There are carpenters who say that the height should be 1/5 of the ceiling height. For an 8 foot ceiling which works at 96 the chair rail works at 19 which is considered quite low.