EP45【說】開刀房為什麼都是綠色的？Why Are Operating Rooms Always Green?｜絕對不是為了好看這種膚淺的原因

Have you ever noticed that operating rooms are often green? 你有沒有注意過，開刀房好像常常都是綠色的？ The walls may be green, the doctors’ clothes may be green, and even the sheets may be green or blue. 牆壁可能是綠色的，醫師穿的衣服可能是綠色的，甚至手術時使用的布也可能是綠色或藍色的。 I used to think it was just because green looked clean and calm. 以前我還以為，只是因為綠色看起來很乾淨、很讓人冷靜。 But actually, there is a much more practical reason. 但其實，它背後有一個更實際的原因。 This matter has a lot to do with our eyes. 這件事情跟我們的眼睛很有關係。 Think about what a surgeon has to look at during an operation. 想想看，外科醫師在手術的時候，要一直看著什麼。 They may spend several hours looking at blood and human tissue. 他們可能要花好幾個小時，看著血液和人體組織。 That's right, many of them are red. 沒錯，其中有很多都是紅色的。 Now imagine looking at red for hours. 現在想像一下，如果你連續好幾個小時都在看紅色。 Your eyes are going to get red. 你的眼睛當然會發紅。 And something interesting can happen when we stare at one color for too long. 而且當我們長時間盯著一種顏色看的時候，還可能發生一件有趣的事情。 Our eyes can produce something called an afterimage. 我們的眼睛可能會產生一種叫做「殘像」的現象。 You can actually try it yourself. 你自己其實就可以試試看。 Look at something bright red for a while, and then look at a white wall. 你可以盯著一個鮮紅色的東西看一下，然後突然去看一面白牆。 You may see a greenish color for a moment. 你可能會短暫看到一點綠色的影像。 Don’t worry. You are not seeing a ghost. 不用擔心，你不是看到鬼。 It is just your eyes and brain reacting to the color you were looking at. 這只是你的眼睛和大腦對剛才看到的顏色產生正常的反應。 So now, let’s go back to the operating room. 所以，現在我們再回到開刀房。 A surgeon may spend hours looking at red tissue. 外科醫師可能要花好幾個小時看著紅色的組織。 If everything around them were bright white, it could create more glare and make the eyes feel even more tired. 如果周圍全部都是很亮的白色，就可能產生比較多的眩光，也會讓眼睛更加疲勞。 Green and blue-green give the eyes a different background. 綠色和藍綠色可以提供眼睛一個不同的背景。 They also create a good contrast with the red tissue. 它們也能和紅色的組織形成很好的對比。 That can make it easier for surgeons to focus on what they need to see. 這可以讓外科醫師更容易把注意力放在真正需要看的地方。 So the green is not really there to make the room look pretty. 所以，這個綠色真的不是為了讓開刀房看起來漂亮。 It is there because someone’s eyes have to work there for hours. 它是因為有人必須在那個環境裡，讓自己的眼睛工作好幾個小時。 Of course, not every operating room in the world is green. 當然，並不是全世界每一間開刀房都是綠色的。 Some are blue, some are blue-green, and the design can be different from one hospital to another. 有些是藍色，有些是藍綠色，不同醫院的設計也可能不一樣。 So it is not a rule that every operating room must be green. 所以，這並不是一條「所有開刀房都必須是綠色」的規定。 The important thing is to create a comfortable visual environment for the medical team. 真正重要的是，替醫療團隊創造一個比較舒服的視覺環境。 And I think that is actually pretty interesting. 而我覺得，這件事情其實滿有趣的。 Because when we see something like a green operating room, we usually think about how it looks. 因為當我們看到綠色的開刀房時，我們通常會先注意它「看起來怎麼樣」。 But the real question is not, “Does it look good?” 但真正的問題其實不是：「它好不好看？」 The real question is, “Does it work?” 真正的問題是：「它好不好用？」 And sometimes, good design is not about looking beautiful. 而有時候，一個好的設計根本不是為了漂亮。 It is about making someone’s job a little easier. 它是為了讓某個人的工作可以稍微輕鬆一點。 So next time you see a green operating room, you can think about it this way. 所以下次你看到綠色的開刀房，可以這樣想。 That color is not there to look good. 那個顏色不是拿來好看的。 It is there to help the eyes do their job. 它是拿來幫眼睛上班的。 練習 operating room手術室 It's so cold in the operating room.（手術室裡面好冷。） -- 真心聽學英文+中文+台語也可以 聽我亂聊講廢話暫時忘卻人生苦惱的也來 喜歡的話,記得訂閱、收聽、分享、留言~ 您的多多收聽及分享,會讓我更有動力陪你從外太空說到土地公~ #生活英文 #台語 #眼睛殘像 #開刀房 #綠色 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn