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si What colors are best suited? How some hos pitalsdecide whatto use This diagram shows a typical operating room 'group in a modern hos pital Properly selected colorservesa vitalpur pose here. / . U-` .v.-' . ' THE surgeon lifts his eyes from the operating table today and finds instant relief in color. Strained eyes rest... tired nerves relax momentarily sideration. Afterthat, there still remains ... and turn back to guideskilled hands the selection of the exact tint or shade in what may be a struggle for a life. of the color to be used for the rooms Again color serves a vital purpose in in this group. This is determined, by the hospital. considering, such factors as the amount What a difference between color on of natural and artificial illumination, modern walls and ceilings and the un- the height and size of the rooms and relieving, glaring white that hospitals their relationship to one another. And once used. Hospitals today bar white here is where we can help you. painted walls from the operating room. They banish them also from sterilizing, anaesthetizing, and scrubbing-up rooms Color service jor hospitals in the operating group, just as they do It is in choosing the exact tint or shade from other parts of the building. They ... in planning the detailed color treat cover walls and ceilings with properly ments ... for rooms in the operating colored flat paint. group and in any other part of the hos Colors suitable throughout the oper pital that our Departments of . ating room group are grays,'greens, or Color Research and Decoration gray-greens. These colors in fiat paint can be of service to hospital super give the desired amount of light re intendents, architects and boards. flection without glare . . . eliminate If you state your color problems, deep shadows and bright high-lights as many hospitals throughout the .., are refreshing and restful to the eye. country have already done, you Some hospitals use a gray. Others de will receive without charge com cide on a green. But the selection of plete help, which includes definite thisdominant color is not theentire con recommendations as to the proper colors to use, the correct tints and shades of these colors, and the actual paint formulas to aid in producing the desired treatment. 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 result ing finishes reflect light without glare. They are washable, sanitary, long-last ing and therefore, economical. To ob tain the cooperation ofour Department of Color Research and Decoration, ' simply write to it in care ofour nearest branch. NATIONAL .LEAD COMPANY New York, m Broadway . Buffalo, 116 Oak I Street Chicago, 900 West 18th Street . Cin| annas; 659 Freeman Avenne Cleveland, 820 WestSuperiorAvenueSt. Loins, 722 Chestnut Street San Francisco,^ Montgomery Street Bouton, National-Boston Lead Co., 800 Al bany St.* Pittsburgh, National Lead &Oil Co. of Pa^ 316 Fourth Avenne Philadelphia, John f. LewUi &' "Bros. ^Co., "W"id'ener -Building. v ~ A. Typo--3981 2943 Page <6 3-4 x 9 1-2 in.) Modern Hospital--April 3-18-29--Final N 27749