I’m sure Monet wasn’t thinking about the science of vision when he painted.
So you figure it was just luck.
He very likely found something that worked for him and used it. Coincidentally, it is appealing to the unknowing viewer also. Like seafoam green???
he very well may have been- many painters in those days were experimenting with color theory and how it affects visuals- Seraut was a good example with his pointillism, juxtaposing certain colors for unique effects— van gogh actually- experimenting with ‘electric colors’ that portrayed things like sulfer yellow lighting- the fauvists experimenting with wild colors (fauvists were called ‘wild beasts)
Art was very much an exploration of visual senses, and how color affects the mind- artists like Seraut did explore how it scientifically affected them ind=-
“I’m sure Monet wasn’t thinking about the science of vision when he painted.”
He was French, so he was almost certainly drunk off his arse.
He was thinking of making Monet?
;)