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Wh a t Co l o r s for Reception and Administration Rooms ? The answer is to be found in colors that create a feeling offriendliness and hope .... that banish the institutional atmosphere, "DIGHT inside the main entrance . .. the reception and administra tion group of rooms ... is a logical place to begin in considering what colors to use in hospital interiors. These rooms, separately or as a group, are the first rooms seen fay visitors. They should create a favorable Impression of the hospital and, insofar as it is possible, induce feelings of friendliness, courage and hope in the minds of wor ried and anxious friends and relatives. But how can this be done? Here is where color plays an impor tant role. By using skilfully selected tints and shades of the-proper colors ' on walls, woodwork and ceilings, you can go far towards solving the problem of creating a favorable atmosphere. Another consideration is that the Several suitable colors use to which a room is put determines whether other than a plain treatment A number of colors are suitable for use generally throughout the reception and udministrationgroup--yellow, buff, tan, light gray, or gray green. After the selection of one of these, however, is permissible. In the waiting room, for example, more elaborate treatments such as blended and figured effects are appropriate and decidedly helpful in producing the proper atmosphere. comes the real problem which is to choose the correct tint or shade for Color service jor hospitals each room. This selection depends on It is in planning the detailed treat definite factors--the amount of natural ments and in suggesting the proper illumination, the use to which the room tints and shades that our Department is put, its relation to other rooms in of Color Research and Decoration can the group, its height and size. be of service to hospital superinten For instance, the head nurse's office, dents, architects and boards. If the waiting room and general office you state your color problems, as shown above have northern and east many hospitals throughout the ern exposures. Therefore* the lighter, country have already done, you brighter, .warmer tints of a color should will receive without charge com be employed here to aid natural illumi plete help, which includes defi nation. Rooms with southern exposure nite recommendations as to the would take darker shades of color to proper colors to use, the correct - reduce glare from brilliant sunlight. tints and shades of those colors. and actual paint formulas to aid in producing the desired treatments. By using flat paint, made with Dutch Boy white-lead and Dutch Boy flatting oil, you can easily carry out the recom mended treatments exactly. The re sulting finishes reflect light without glare. They are washable, sanitary, long-lasting and, therefore, economical. To obtain the co-operation of our De partment of Color Research and Deco ration, simply write to it in care of our nearest branch. ^J35i!3 NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY NewYork, lllBroadway*'Boston,800 Albany Street''Buffalo, 2160ak Street Chicago, 900 West 18th Street * Cin cinnati, 659 Freeman Avenue * Cleve land, 820 Wesr Superior Avenue St. Louis, 722 Chestnut Street * San Fran, cisco, 235 Montgomery Street * Pitts* burgh, National Lead Sc Oil Co. of Pa., 316 Fourth Aye. < Philadelphia, John T. Lewis & Bros. Co., "Widener Bldg. Reprint of Advertisement from Th e Mo d er n Ho s p it a l . February, 1929, issue N 27747 i I i