No rules can be laid down for all the different colors required, and the amateur had better obtain the assistance or advice of some one accustomed to the use of colors.

A little white with a dash of blue or a little silver, will improve white linen, lace, etc.

The jewelry may be touched with gold or silver from the shells, moistened with distilled water, and laid on with a fine-pointed sable-hair brush.
"Brilliants may be represented by picking the plate with the point of a pin or knife." MISCELLANEOUS..