Pointillism and Divisionism art, two concepts frequently linked with Neo-Impressionism, are nearly interchangeable. Broadly speaking, Divisionism is a color theory that promotes putting tiny areas of pure color individually on the canvas so that the audience's eye will optically combine the colors. Divisionism was generally ascribed to any artist who divided or separated color with little brushstrokes. Pointillism used the same optical mixing method, but used small distinct dots of color.