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Re: [Phys-l] experiments with dyes (was: happy equinox)



On Mar 24, 2008, at 1:32 PM, chuck britton wrote:
What (limited) colors DID the pointillists use????


Quick'n'Easy answer: Do a Google image search for Seurat. This one has a nice close-up that will answer your question:

<http://www.artchive.com/artchive/S/seurat/paradetl.jpg.html>

He definitely uses more than a few colours to achieve the effect.

Mike

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Michael Porter
Colonel By Secondary School
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada