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by one person, and perhaps mistaken by 
another for quite a different tint: as we 
know the names of colours are frequently 
misapplied ; and often one name indiscri- 
minately given to many colours. To re- 
move the present confusion in the names 
of colours, and establish a standard that 
may be useful in general science, parti- 
cularly those branches, viz. Zoology, Bo- 
tany, Mineralogy, Chemistry, and Mor- 
bid Anatomy, is the object of the present 
attempt. 
The author, from his experience and 
long practice in painting objects which 
required the most accurate eye to distin- 
