OPTICAL COLOR MIXTURE
The tendency of the eyes to blend patches of individual colors placed near one another so as to perceive a different, combined color.
optical color mixture Apparent rather than actual color mixture, produced by interspersing brush strokes or dots of color instead of physically mixing them. The implied mixing occurs in the eye of the viewer and produces a lively color sensation.
Pointillism A system of painting using tiny dots or "points" of color, developed by French artist Georges Seurat in the 1880s. Seurat systematized the divided brushwork and optical color mixture of the Impressionists and called this technique ...
 See also: Painting, Impression, Pointillism, Optical color, Representational
  
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