Artists have always experimented with different art forms and styles. This has lead to many discoveries and failures, the discoveries led to new techniques and styles.
Sir Isaac Newton was one of the first to start experimenting with colors. His take on the color wheels and complimentary colors was revolutionary at the time.
For example, Michel Eugene Chevreul said that "two adjacent colors when seen by the eye will appear as dissimilar as possible." (Chevruel, 1836)
Near the end of the 19th century, Impressionism was the top form of experimentation with colors. Artists were moving away from representation painting, where they would paint something as it looked. By discovering the essence of visual perception and looking into the psychological image of an object, the artists really took painting in a whole new direction.
In Paul Gauguin's Blue Trees, 1888, we can see an odd inclusion of color choices. Normally trees are not blue, but Gauguin is trying to show us how our head sees the trees rather than how our eyes see them.
Vinvent Van Gogh was also, around the same time, interested in experimenting with colors, as seen in his painting: Roots and Tree Trunks, 1890.
Through experimenting our experiences with color and light these artists have strongly developed our understanding of color.
M.E.Chevruel, 1836, in M.Petty, 2011, Color, Perception and Abstraction, slide 6
Figure 1. Gauguin. P. 1888. Blue Trees. Retrieved from http://www.picturalissim.com/t/gauguin_blue_tree_trunks.jpg.
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