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"1 /** g Hospital authorities are exercising
more and more care in the selection
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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
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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
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