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An autochrome is the result of an additive color process and is a unique photograph—a positive transparency on a glass support—with colors composed of minute grains of potato starch dyed orange, green, and blue-violet.
The magic lantern was invented in the 1600's, probably by Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch scientist. It was the earliest form of slide projector and has a long and fascinating history.
OP asked about the beginning of the color pictures.
The magic lantern was invented in the 1600's, probably by Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch scientist. It was the earliest form of slide projector and has a long and fascinating history.
OP asked about the beginning of the color pictures.
Didn't photography come in 19th century?
As far as I am concered, the first printed photograph had been taken with an exposure time of 8 hours in 1826.
Camera was introduced to the world in 1839. Before 1839, people didn't know camera.
An autochrome is the result of an additive color process and is a unique photograph—a positive transparency on a glass support—with colors composed of minute grains of potato starch dyed orange, green, and blue-violet.
Since english isn't my native language, I don't understand everything I read and every information on internet is in English.
I take it Autochrome was different than what Technicolor did to achieve color?
What would you say about Autochrome Photos of Christina in Red dated 1913? Photos look too great to be that old. Is there a some sort of remaster?
And there are Autochrome photos of Atatürk in 1922 which look close to black and white, strangely. Unlike other Autochrome photos I see on internet, which look colorful.
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