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Glowing.............. Stimulating RED A color so forceful is used only in special rooms Hospital authorities are exercising more and INTENSE red cap be as harmful in its way as glar ing white on hospital walls and ceilings. Because white produces a feeling of cold ness and depression, it is more care today in the selection oj the proper colors /or decorating interiors. With that in mind this article and others to /allow have been written. Future pages will discuss the uses to which green, white and gray have already been put. These articles have been prepared by M. Rea Paul, consulting colorist 0/ National Lead Co. are easily obtained by tint ing paint made of Dutch Boy white-lead and Dutch Boy flatting oil with the proper coloring pigments. But remember that every being avoided by many hos room should be considered pitals of the country. Be as a separate problem. The cause red in its fully saturated state creates a feeling interiors of your hospital may necessitate lighter or Of irritation and excitement in the patient's mind, it darker tints or shades than the same interiors in also is unsuited for general hospital use. another. All that we can do here is to suggest the But because of its tendency to produce a stimulating effect on the mind, red has found its way into special rooms in many hospitals. The room into which melan possible uses of a color which should be modified to suit conditions varying according to illumination, the size ofthe room, and the use to which the room is put. choly patients are temporarily placed is an example. It is inadvisable to adopt any particular color treat The red used is not an intense red butonemodified byad ment for any part of your hospital simply because mixturewith other colors.The predominating hue is red other hospitals have used it or because it is recom still,, but it is limited in its ability to arouse irritation. mended as standard. In these rooms for melancholy patients`pure whitelead, such as Dutch Boy white-lead, is tinted with red and small amounts of yellow and such other tints as are necessary to give side walls the required red tinge. Patients are exposed to the atmosphere created by this color for a short time and are then removed to their regular wards. Red in X-Ray room ANOTHER place in which X\ red is frequently used by modern hospitals is on the walls of the X-Ray room. The color is a violet-red, with the red predominating. Here again a too strong color is avoided. When properly neu tralized the violet-red has proved ideal because of its low light-absorption factor. The subdued violet tone ex Specialists at your service YOU can with no expense obtain the co-operation of our Department of Decoration in selecting the proper colors for any room in your hospital or for the entire building. The men in this department have made a special study of hospital decoration and the therapeutic value attributed to color. They: are working % today with hospital administration boards, superintendents and architects on the subject, preparing paint specifi cations, paint formulas and actual color samples. More than 200 hospitals throughout the country are successfully using the color treatments recommended by the department. If you wish for further in formation regarding the way in which the depart ment can be of service to you, write to the Departmentof Decoration in care of our nearest branch. erts a quieting effect on the patient. The amount of deep red in the mixture is just enough to offset any depressing -quality the violet may have. AU colors in which red is the predominating hue NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY New York, in Broadway; Boston, J3i State Street; Buffalo, ir6 Oak Street; Chicago, 900 West 18th Street; Cincinnati, 659 Freeman Avenue; Cleveland, 830 West Superior Avenue; St. Louis, 7a* Chestnut Street: San Francisco,485 California Street; Pittsburgh, National Lead & Oil Co. of Penna., 316 Fourth Avenue; Philadelphia, John T. Lewis & Bros. Co., 437 Chestnut Street. 11118 advertisement appears in the following publication:-- Page--Modern Hospital--Jan. - *> 0000-NLI-000017484