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"1 /** g Hospital authorities are exercising more and more care in the selection y) of the proper colors for decorating interiors. With that in mind this article and others have been written. Previous articles dealt with the use of red, yellow, gray, blue and white. These articles are by M. Rea Paul, consulting colorist of National Lead Company. Extra copies of these articles can be obtained by writing to our nearest branch office. Quiet . . . Soothing GREEN Hospitals find its restful, tran- GREEN is the.color ob quilizing influence especially tained by mixing yel low and blue. It combines valuable on walls of rooms according to the illumina tion, exposure, the size of the room and the use to the subduing properties of the blue with the warm for highly nervous patients. which the room is put. AH the greens are easily ob cheerfulness of the yellow, tained by tinting paint and exerts a quieting, duing and also cooling made of Dutch Boy white-lead and soothing influence on ex gray-green which ab Dutch Boy flatting oil with the citable, unstrung minds. sorbs many of the proper coloring pigments. Thus, This fact has been proved light-rays has a rest youget a beautiful durablewall finish in hospitals where green ful influence on nerve- that can be washed as often as neces- has been used on walls of racked minds. The sarywithoutharmingthepaint film. special rooms reserved for stronger the light of treatment of nerve cases. the room, the more Let color specialists help you The restful qualityofgreen has also led to its use in solariums and operating rooms and in nurses' diningrooms. There are many types of green just as there are many types of other colors. There are graygreens and blue-greens, called the cool greens because of the cooling effect of the blue and gray they contain. Then you have tne yellowgreens, called the warm greens be cause of the influence of yellow, the sunlight color. Care in selecting the subdued should be the green color. In poorly lighted and in shaded rooms, a yellow-green should be employed because of its ability to reflect the light received and also to create an atmosphere of warmth. YOU can, with no expense, ob tain the co-operation of our Department of Decoration in se lecting the proper colors for any room in your hospital or for the entire building. The specialists in this department have made a study of hospital decoration and the ther Solariums and operating rooms apeutic value attributed to color. They are working today with hos pital administration boards, super HHereOiattiheSliestPtrlIeeoTsfAmtfLguoSrlre,eethrynaaenvlilqeenitimv'ittihaiszdeianeidgrdusqesoedulaatoolr fiumistcsniuoo.tMblneoosjnerr,decsetat,pnhmaatpsnpirnlee2tap0sn0.afdorhiron.msagpruictalpahlsasitietnhcatrtonsusdpghoeoancuicftitctuthahaeel the green to lend life and brightness country are successfully using thecolor treat green to use to the impression of peaceful rest ments recommended by this fulness given by the green. Because department. If you wish fur THE selection of the proper green for the walls of a room of its soothing, restful qualities, green is also used on operating ther information regarding the service which this department can render you, write to the or ward should receive the samroeom walls where, combined with a Department of Decoration in careful attention as the selection of gray, it furnishes relief for the sur care of our nearest branch. other colors. It is obvious that geon's eyes when he glances up from rooms in different parts of a hos the brilliantly lit operating table. pital get different degrees of illumi But remember that in the selec nation. And the type of green to tion of colors every room in the hos NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY use depends on the illumination. In unshaded rooms and wards where the natural illumination is glaring, and also creates an uncom fortable feeling of wc.rnmth, a sub- pital should be considered as a sep arate problem. All that we can do here is suggest the possible uses of a color which should, however, be modified to suit conditions varying New York, III Broadway v Bolton, 131 State Street Buffalo. 116 Oak Street v Chicago, 900 W. 18th Street v Cincinnati, 650 Freeman Avenue <. Cleve land, 820W. Superior Avenue v St. Louis, 7*2 Chest nut Street > San Francisco, 48j California Street Pittsburgh, National Lead & OilCo. of Pa., 316 Fourth Avenue v Philadelphia, John T. Liiwis & Bros. Co., 437 Chestnut Street. This advertisement appears in the following publications: Page Modem Hospital--June mu - Z mimi-\LI-000017489