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Choose readable, non-color-only references

Pair each color with a distinct symbol or written name. Enlarge the key as well as the chart and preserve row and column labels.

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Pair each color with a distinct symbol or written name. Enlarge the key as well as the chart and preserve row and column labels.

Before you start

Have the complete instructions, a short list of unfamiliar actions and the materials for a trial. Separate the trial from the final project.

Try this example

Print a two-color chart in grayscale. If the regions become indistinguishable, assign circles and crosses, then confirm that the printed symbols remain different at working size.

Check your result

  • Try the unfamiliar action before committing the main material. If the instructions leave a necessary choice unresolved, write down the missing information and resolve it first.
  • A planning exercise is not a complete tested pattern. Project fit, construction and quantities still need their own instructions.

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Illustration: An enlarged working chart on a reading stand beside its matching textile motif, with a clear horizontal paper guide following one row and ample space between marks.

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