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Month: September 2016

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Time for a Rood Awakening!

Posted on September 21, 2016November 7, 2020 by Lou Gagnon

In 1874 (142 years ago) Physicist Ogden Rood gave a couple of lectures on ‘Modern Optics in Painting’ at the National Academy of…

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Topology: Part II

Posted on September 12, 2016November 26, 2016 by Lou Gagnon

  We live in 3 Dimensional space with each dimension perpendicular to all the others.  The 1st Dimension is a Line.  In math…

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Topology: Part I

Posted on September 11, 2016November 7, 2020 by Lou Gagnon

Topology: to·pol·o·gy 1. Mathematics: the study of geometric properties and spatial relations unaffected by the continuous change of shape or size of figures….

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VLQ Question: What is the Complement of this?

Posted on September 10, 2016December 9, 2016 by Lou Gagnon

  So according to this…     And this…     Answer: The Complement to red is Green. Well, we’ll just see about…

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VLQ Question: What Hue is this?

Posted on September 9, 2016November 26, 2016 by Lou Gagnon

The first question in the Visual Literacy Quiz asks you to identify the Hue. Each of the colored squares are identical but are…

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Visual Literacy Quiz: Teaser

Posted on September 9, 2016September 11, 2016 by Lou Gagnon
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