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factory results in colour are those in 

 which the proportion is approximately one 

 of yellow, to two of red and five of blue. 

 Or, one of white and three of pink, to 

 five of light blue. In either case the 

 primary colours should be blended together 

 by many times their combined quantity of 

 tertiary colours green, gray, etc. The 

 secondary colours, such as purple, orange, 

 magenta, lilac, etc., can be classed as modi- 

 fied primaries. But it must be remembered 

 that the relative brightness of these colours 

 is not the same as that of the primaries, 

 and due allowance must be made in pro- 

 portioning them. Orange, for instance, is 

 more vivid in the border than pure yellow ; 

 but magenta does not compare in bright- 

 ness to scarlet, nor lilac to blue. These 

 two colours, magenta and lilac, are best 

 planted in rich masses, combined with a 

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