Kyanize washable celoid finish.
A 1925 trade booklet published by the Boston Varnish Co. to promote Kyanize washable celoid finish, a paint and varnish product aimed at painters, builders and homeowners. Its pictures are flat colour swatches with names such as India Buff, Gulf Blue, Niagara Green and Dixie Gray, a slogan banner reading save the surface and you save all, and a tinted interior of a bathroom with a tub, toilet and pedestal sink. A designer could take muted period palettes and a clean, pragmatic approach to painted interior walls from them.
