Ogden Rood

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Ogden Rood was a 19th-century American physicist and color theorist whose work on color perception and optical mixing significantly shaped modern art movements.

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instanceOf academic
color theorist
person
physicist
centuryOfActivity 19th century
contributedTo modern color science
theoretical foundations of modern art movements
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
employer Columbia University
familyName Rood
fieldOfWork color theory
optics
physics
genre scientific writing
givenName Ogden
hasGender male
influenced Georges Seurat
Neo-Impressionism
Paul Signac
Neo-Impressionism
surface form: Pointillism
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement 19th-century science
notableIdea distinction between hue, luminosity, and purity in color
optical color mixing
notableWork Modern Chromatics, with Applications to Art and Industry
papers on color perception
occupation professor
studies color perception
optical effects in art
visual perception
workLocation New York City

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Neo-Impressionism influencedBy Ogden Rood