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After: A classroom receives natural light through a skylight. Originally, boys’ classrooms were painted blue-gray, and girls’ classrooms were painted dusty rose, but they were all repainted green by Jean Lurçat when classes became co-educational after World War II. During preservation work, all classrooms were painted blue-gray, and the ceramic cladding was kept in the original vanilla yellow. [credit: Priska Schmückle von Minckwitz]