When teaching print (halftones, LPI, CMYK etc) I also use a parrot. I've used rainbows and chameleons too, but settled on the parrot as being the most appropria

When teaching print (halftones, LPI, CMYK etc) I also use a parrot. I've used rainbows and chameleons too, but settled on the parrot as being the most appropriate. But now I begin to wonder if I was just parroting(har har) a paradigm.