Area Dominates Edge in Pointillistic Colour.

ABSTRACT: In Pointillism and Divisionism, artists moved from tonal to chromatic palettes, as Impressionism did before them, and relied on what is often called optical mixture instead of stirring paints together. The so-called optical mixture is actually not an optical mixture, but a mental blend, because the texture of the paint marks is used as a means to stress the picture plane. The touches are intended to remain separately visible. These techniques require novel methods of colour description that have to depart from standard colorimetric conventions. We investigate the distinctiveness of transitions between regions as defined through such artistic techniques. We find that the pointillist edges are not primarily defined by luminance contrast but are achieved in almost purely chromatic ways. A ver

SUBMITTER: Koenderink J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6096696 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature