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CT J. he most modern hospitals in the There still remains, however, the colors, and the actual paint formulas
decoration and furnishing of their din selection of the exact tint or shade of to aid in producing the desired treat
ing rooms create interiors that suggest the color to be used for the rooms in ments.
more the dining room of a well-ap this group. This is determined by con
By using flat paint, made with Dutch
pointed club than thatofah institution. sidering such factors as the amount of Boy white-lead and Dutch Boy flat
1 In accomplishing this, they rely to a natural and artificial illumination, the ting oil, you can easily carry oue the
great extent on the use of colors on height and size of the rooms and their recommended treatments exactly. The
walls and ceilings. But what colors pro relationship to one another. And here resulting finishes reflect light without
vide the desired favorable atmosphere.? is where we can help you.
glare. They are washable, sanitary,
For walls, ceilings and wood trini there are several suitable colors and
Color servicefor hospitals
long-lasting and therefore, economical. To obtain the cooperation of our De
color combinations. Buffs, gray-greens It is in choosing the exact tint or shade partment of Color Research and Dec
and light tans are preferable generally; ... in planning the detailed color treat oration, simply write to it in care of
Small dining rooms with a southern ments .' . . for the dining room group our nearest branch.
exposure and an abundance ofdayligh?. and for any other part of the hospital
might receive a gray-green, which that our Department ofColor Research
would present a subdued side wall; and Decoration can be of service to
treatment and would suggest aroom oft hospitalsuperintendents, archi
greater dimensions.
tects and boards. If you state
NATIONAL.LEAD COMPANY New York, 111 Broadway r Buffalo,
Large rooms with an abundance of your color problems, as many
116 Oak Street * Chicago, 900 West
daylight might receive a buff treat-,, ment sufficiently warm to overcome^1 any feeling of coldness that .a big room'
hospitals throughout the coun try have already done, you will receive without charge com
ISth Srrcet * Cincinnati, 659 Freeman Avenue * Cleveland, 820 West Superior Avenue-'St. Louis, 722 Chesrnut Street San Francisco, 235 Montgomery Street
might give without providing too bright! plete help, which includes defi
Boston; National-Boston Lead Co.,
a color. A light tan would be appropri-. ate in dining rooms thatdepend largely ; on artificial illumination.
nite recommendations as to the proper colors to use,. the cor rect tints and shades of these
S00 Albany St. * Pittsburgh, National Lead & Oil Co. of Pa., 316 Fourth Ave.
Philadelphia, John T. Lewis & Bros. Co., Widener Building.