Why do surgeons wear green and blue uniforms?
Small details make a difference, especially when it comes to health issues.
Have you ever wondered why doctors in the operating room wear green or blue scrubs but never white?
The reason is that the crystalline white color of the clothing can blind the surgeon for a few moments if he diverts his eyes from the dark color of the blood to the gowns of his colleagues. Like when you expose yourself to the sun after having been in an enclosed space for a while. But why is the uniform blue and green, and not yellow or purple? What happens is that the green and blue colors in the visible spectrum are opposite to red, and during an operation surgeons look for a long time at the blood.
In this way, the green or blue uniform not only stimulates doctors’ eye acuity but also makes them more susceptible to shades of red and, therefore, to the details of the human anatomy, which significantly reduces the likelihood of an error during surgery.