Claude Monet and the science of not-seeing.

Schäffer’s principal colors from 1769, suggests extra significance for red, yellow and blue. Source: S. Lowengard and National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

“Claude Monet: Water Lily Pond, 1900.” ©2009 Kent Baldner. License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

“Monet is only an eye, but my God, what an eye.” —Paul Cezanne.

It’s a little early, but some pins about Claude Monet’s vast contribution to how we think about colour perception: http://t.co/ugtdFzLSgw

— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) May 5, 2014

Works of Claude Monet

Monet painted scenes over and over to capture the light.

Claude Monet - Haystacks at sunset. Snow effect (1891) pic.twitter.com/O4u0QjfJDq

—  Carlo  (@carmarano) March 3, 2014

@elena_ilio Claude Monet - Wheat Field 1891 ... ben arrivata!!!!! :-) pic.twitter.com/IRLffkXtg8

— claudio borlotto (@claudioborlotto) May 4, 2014

Via Impressionism Claude Monet "The Water-Lily Pond" (1917-1919) pic.twitter.com/6GVqpJYwoN

— Charlie Change (@leadintogold) May 5, 2014

Claude Monet - Trees in Bloom (1872) Musée Marmottan, Paris, France #art #painting #landscape #fineart #twitart pic.twitter.com/3QaobjFeNw

— Ferdi Stam (@FerdiStam) May 4, 2014

The Doges' Palace, monet, 1908 pic.twitter.com/lUzEAT86TZ

— Lord Henry Wotton (@jagdbert) May 4, 2014

It would be very easy to accidentally retweet a fake Monet painting :P

— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) May 5, 2014

Before Monet, the subjectivity of color perception was not well understood.

More intriguing writing on color neuroscience.

This one from back in March, by Eric Jaffe. Wish I’d seen it! “The Fascinating Neuroscience Of Color.” http://t.co/un1RP4jH4u

— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) June 16, 2014