Pointillism Pointillism is analogous to the four-color CMYK printing process used by some color printers and large presses that place dots of Cyan (blue), Magenta (red), Yellow, and Key (black). Televisions and computer monitors use a similar technique to represent image colors using Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) colors. If red, blue, and green light (the additive primaries) are mixed, the result is something close to white light (see Prism (optics)). Painting is inherently subtractive, but Pointillist colors often seem brighter than typical mixed subtractive colors. This may be partly because subtractive mixing of the pigments is avoided, and partly because
Blue and Green Music the eye." The painting is part of the Alfred Stieglitz collection, a gift by the artist to the museum in memory of her husband. Blue and Green Music Blue and Green Music is a 1919–1921 painting by the American painter Georgia O'Keeffe. Painted in her New York years upon the idea that music could be translated into something for the eye, "Blue and Green Music" is a work of rhythm, movement, color, depth, and form. It is also one of the paintings that was expressed by her feelings. The painting uses colors that are both subtle and bold in order