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Blue Violet. 
Blue Violet is a violet color with a preponderance of blue. The 
fleur-de-lis or common blue flag is often 
found with beautiful colorings of blue 
violet. A search for flowers of this color 
during spring and summer will be rewarded 
not only with many pleasing specimens, but 
also with delightful recollections of happy 
hours spent in the search. 
Study this color with blue, red and violet 
in the hands of the pupils. 
This is not an uncommon color among flowers, and it is often used 
in ornament and dress very satisfactorily. When its various tones are 
used for the difficult parts of the composition, a perfectly safe arrange- 
ment in harmony may be made. 
There are also other colors that may be combined with it to 
advantage; for instance, a small pattern of a tint of red, which, by the 
way, should be edged with black; a tint of blue-green also harmonizes 
with it. There are some combinations made with this color that are 
condemned by colorists that are nevertheless very pleasing in effect, 
and are frequently used in decorative work, which shows that in art 
as well as in nature, 
"That which proves 
Strong poison unto one, another loves 
And takes and lives ; thus hemlock juice prevails, 
And kills a man, but fattens goats and quails." 
To fold and draw the Pattern, 
i. Fold the opposite corners together. 
2. Fold again in the same way. 
3. Fold the same way a third time; this will make a right-angled 
triangle of eight thicknesses of paper. 
4. Mark out with a pencil upon the "raw corner" one-eighth of 
the design. 
5. Cut the patterns as marked out through all the folds. 
Red Violet. 
Red Violet is much the same as purple in 
color, and the pupils will need an illustration 
of red violet to form an intelligent conception 
of its appearance. Slight effects of it are 
found in a few flowers and fruits and in 
some foliage plants, but any reference to 
these, without the standard red violet as a 
guide, would be misleading. 
Red Violet and orange harmonize. 
The purpose of color, whether in nature or in art, is to beautify and 
make more attractive the objects to which it is applied. It is usually 
the color of an object that first attracts attention, and although the 
object may be perfect in form and adaptability, if its color is faulty 
it is at once condemned. Aside from the general interest in the 
colors used in picture painting, it is always the aim of the artist to 
have a center of interest in his picture, either of color or of form, 
towards which the eye of the observer will instinctively travel, and the 
artist often uses all of his resources to lead the attention in that direc- 
tion. The rest of the picture is often merely a setting, a background, 
to emphasize this particular point, and care is taken that no other 
point of the picture shall be equally attractive. 
This same principle is followed out in dress. In this case it is 
usually the face that is made the center of interest, and a great deal of 
care is usually taken that the attention shall not be attracted elsewhere. 
Whenever any feature, either of color, design or arrangement, takes 
the attention from this main point of interest, the fundamental 
principle of good designing has been violated. 
For this reason the utmost care is usually taken in selecting colors 
for dress, to choose such as will improve the appearance of the face 
rather than attract attention to themselves. 
To fold and cut the Pattern. 
The various steps in the cutting and folding of this pattern are just 
the same as for the preceding exercise. 
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