h our
workers have no less than 460 to choose from ([3]), all those referred
to in connection with our illustrations are quite fast dyes ([4]), save
in a few instances in which we were forced to make an exception in
favour of a doubtful colour to secure a harmonious effect.

A complete table of colours must of necessity include certain more or
less staring shades, which though they may not be to every one's taste
cannot on that account be left out.

We conclude our work with the well-meant and by no means useless
recommendation to our readers, never to begin a piece of work of any
considerable size without first making sure that the colours they intend
to use are fast and providing themselves with a larger supply of
materials than even on a close calculation they think they are likely to
require, lest they should find themselves under the disagreeable
necessity of having either to leave their work unfinished or finish it
with materials that do not match. There is generally a slight difference
in tone between cottons that have been bought at different times, and
there is also a reasonable likelihood, considering their great variety,
of some mistake being made in the number by either buyer or seller in
ordering a fresh supply.

[Illustration: All of the above articles, excepting those marked with an
asterisk, are contained in the D.M.C colour card.]

[Illustration: Made in all numbers in ecru, white, black and the 450
shades names of the colours, see next page.]

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| Alphabetical list of the names and the numbers of the 450 shades |
| D.M.C Alsace Thread, Sewing and Embroidery Cottons, |
| contained in the D.M.C colour-card, in any of which shades the |
| knitting Cotton, Soutaches and Braids etc. are to be had. |
|--------------------+------------+-------+--------+-------+------------+
| Couleurs | Tres-fonce | Fonce | Moyen | Clair | Tres-clair |
| Colours | Very dark | Dark | Medium | Light | Very light |
|--------------------+------------+-------+--------+-------+------------+
| Bleu d'Azur | | | | 3325 | |
| Bleu-Canard | 3395 | 3306 | 3307 | 3308 | 3309 |
| Bleu cendre | | | 448 | | |
| Bleu de Ciel | 515 | 516 | 517 | 518 | 519 |
| Bleu