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COLOURS IN REGARD TO BACK-GROUNDS.

Chap. CCLXIII.—Of avoiding hard Outlines.

Do not make the boundaries of your figures with any other colour than that of the back-ground, on which they are placed; that is, avoid making dark outlines.

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