Pastel grouping...Sharon? Chris? Anyone?

[Elizabeth Schott]

I was curious, I have seen a number of studio setups for pastels in books etc and it looks like they have just "bin" grouped their sticks by color.

Has anyone found it more beneficial to group like colors via temperature more than value?

I end up putting my sticks in a container with cream of rice (dry) as a padding/self cleaning, but realize the further into the piece the more sticks in the container, the bigger mess I have on my hands.

Any input would be much appreciated, any images of setups would be much, much appreciated.

Thanks!