Ogden Rood

Ogden Nicholas Rood (3 February 1831 Danbury, Connecticut – 12 November 1902 Manhattan) was an American physicist best known for his work in color theory.

Quotes

 * The advance from drawing to painting should be gradual, and no serious attempts in colour should be made until the student has obtained proficiency in outline and in light and shade. If the artist cannot draws objects in a rather masterly way there is no point in his attempting colour.
 * Students' Text-book of Color; Or, Modern Chromatics, with Applications to Art and Industry. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1881.