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According to Professor Anne Beauchemin from McGill University, most Neoimpressionist painters probably did not read Chevreul's books, but instead they read Grammaire des arts du dessin, written in 1867 by Charles Blanc, who cited Chevreul's works.

Blanc's book was directed at artists and art connoisseurs.

Because of color's emotional significance to him, he made explicit recommendations that were close to the theories later adopted by the Neoimpressionists.

He said that color should not be based on the ' judgment of taste ', but rather it should be close to what we experience in reality.

Blanc did not want artists to use equal intensities of color, but to consciously plan and understand the role of each hue in creating a whole.