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Selection of colors that give pleasure. Study of butterfly wings and flowers, recorded by the. Study of painted ornament, rugs, and mosaics, recorded by the. Personal choice of color parts, balanced by H, V, C, and area. Personal choice of color, balanced by H, V, C, and area. Grouping of colors to suit some practical use: wall papers, rugs, book covers, etc. Their analysis by the written notation. Search for principles of harmony, expressed in measured terms.

(51) Having memorized these broad divisions of the study, a clever teacher will introduce many a detail, to meet the mood of the class, or correlate this subject with other studies, without for a moment losing the thread of thought or befogging the presentation. But to range at random in the immense field of color sensations, without plan or definite aim in view, only courts fatigue of the retina and a chaotic state of mind.

(52) The same broad principles which govern the presentation of other ideas apply with equal force in this study. A little, well apprehended, is better than a mass of undigested facts. If the child is led to discover, or at least to think he is discovering, new things about color, the mind will be kept alert and seek out novel illustrations at every step. Now and then a pupil will be found