Which art movement is characterized by small dots of pure color?

Which art movement is characterized by small dots of pure color? Pointillism is the movement associated with that technique. Artists place distinct spots of unmixed pigment beside one another so the viewer’s eye blends them into larger fields of color.

Georges Seurat and Paul Signac developed Pointillism in France during the 1880s, branching from Impressionism. Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, painted between 1884 and 1886, is the movement’s best-known example. Critics initially used “Pointillism” dismissively in the late 1880s, but the name later became standard.

Pointillism is related to Neo-Impressionism, the broader movement associated with Seurat and Signac. It is also connected to Divisionism, which emphasizes the separation of colors according to theories of light and perception. A common mix-up is calling every dotted painting Pointillist: the term usually refers specifically to the systematic application of small color marks, most often in oil paint.