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| Prefatory Remarks;—Composition, applied to Painting | [1] |
| Of Angular Composition | [9] |
| Of the Circular Form in Composition | [12] |
| Light and Shade—its Application to Painting | [15] |
| On Colour | [30] |
| Of the Three Primitive Colours | [33] |
| On General Nature | [39] |
| On Rules | [45] |
| On Copying | [47] |
| On the Light and Shade of Colour; and Reflexes | [52] |
| Harmony and Contrast | [61] |
| Effect, Accident, Relief, and Keeping | [63] |
| Dexterity and Affectation | [68] |
| Of Backgrounds | [70] |
| On Water-Colour | [73] |
| Of Tints | [75] |
| Reference to the Plates on Colour | [76] |
| Description of the Plates | [78] |