pointillism
/ˈpwæntɪlɪzəm/noun
mass noun
- a technique of neo-Impressionist painting using tiny dots of various pure colours, which become blended in the viewer's eye. It was developed by Seurat with the aim of producing a greater degree of luminosity and brilliance of colour点彩画法（一种用各种单色小点作画的新印象主义绘画技巧, 在观众眼中这些色点会融会在一起。这种技巧由修拉发明, 旨在增强颜色的亮度和光彩）。
派生词
pointillist
noun & adjectivepointillistic
adjective词源
early 20th cent.: from French pointillisme, from pointiller 'mark with dots'.