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TIMELINE OF HISTORICAL FILM COLORS * Compare × COMPARE * Film Colors × HOME Please access detailed information on over 250 individual film color processes via the classification system on this page, display the Timeline of Historical Film Colors in chronological order, browse by image, search by color, search via the tag cloud at the end of this page or directly on the search page, or see the contributing archives’ collections on the header slides. * Search × FILTER * Color Mania Book × COLOR MANIA BOOK Out now: Barbara Flueckiger, Eva Hielscher, Nadine Wietlisbach (eds.) COLOR MANIA. THE MATERIAL OF COLOR IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM Since the earliest days of cinema, film has been a colorful medium and art form. More than 230 film color processes have been devised in the course of film history, often in close connection with photography. In this regard, both media institutionalized numerous techniques such as hand and stencil coloring as well as printing and halftone processes. Apart from these fundamental connections in terms of the technology of color processes, film and photography also share and exchange color attributions and aesthetics. This publication highlights material aspects of color in photography and film, while also investigating the relationship of historical film colors and present-day photography. Works of contemporary photographers and artists who reflect on technological and culture-theoretical aspects of the material of color underline these relations. Thematic clusters focus on aesthetic and technological parallels, including fashion and identity, abstraction and experiment, politics, exoticism, and travel. Color Mania contains a general introduction to color in film and photography (technique, materiality, aesthetics) as well as a series of short essays that take a closer look at specific aspects. An extensive image section illustrates the texts and color systems and continues the aesthetic experience of the various processes and objects in book form. The publication is also available in German Edited by Barbara Flückiger, Eva Hielscher, Nadine Wietlisbach, in collaboration with Fotomuseum Winterthur With contributions by Michelle Beutler, Noemi Daugaard, Josephine Diecke, Evelyn Echle, Barbara Flueckiger, Eirik Frisvold Hanssen, Eva Hielscher, Thilo Koenig, Joëlle Kost, Franziska Kunze, Bregt Lameris, David Pfluger, Ulrich Ruedel, Mona Schubert, Simon Spiegel, Olivia Kristina Stutz, Giorgio Trumpy, Martin Weiss, Nadine Wietlisbach Design: Meierkolb 16 × 24 cm, 6 ¼ × 9 ½ in 240 pages, 122 illustrations paperback 2020, 978-3-03778-607-9, English * About × ABOUT THIS PROJECT This database was created in 2012 and has been developed and curated by Barbara Flueckiger, professor at the Department of Film Studies, University of Zurich to provide comprehensive information about historical film color processes invented since the end of the 19th century including specific still photography color technologies that were their conceptual predecessors. Timeline of Historical Film Colors was started with Barbara Flueckiger’s research at Harvard University in the framework of her project Film History Re-mastered, funded by Swiss National Science Foundation, 2011-2013. In 2013 the University of Zurich and the Swiss National Science Foundation awarded additional funding for the elaboration of this web resource. 80 financial contributors sponsored the crowdfunding campaign Database of Historical Film Colors with more than USD 11.100 in 2012. In addition, the Institute for the Performing Arts and Film, Zurich University of the Arts provided a major contribution to the development of the database. Many further persons and institutions have supported the project, see acknowledgements. Since February 2016 the database has been redeveloped in the framework of the research project Film Colors. Technologies, Cultures, Institutions funded by a grant from Swiss National Science Foundation. Since 2016, the team of the research project ERC Advanced Grant FilmColors has been collecting and adding written sources and photographs. All the members of the two research projects on film colors, both led by Barbara Flueckiger, have been capturing photographs of historical film prints since 2017. Please report errors or suggestions. Follow the links “Access detailed information ›” to access the currently available detail pages for individual processes. These pages contain an image gallery, a short description, a bibliography of original papers and secondary sources connected to extended quotes from these sources, downloads of seminal papers and links. We are updating these detail pages on a regular basis. * News and Blog × NEWS AND BLOG In June 2015, the European Research Council awarded the prestigious Advanced Grant to Barbara Flueckiger for her new research project FilmColors. Bridging the Gap Between Technology and Aesthetics, see press release of the University of Zurich and information on the University of Zurich’s website. Subscribe to the blog to receive all the news: https://blog.filmcolors.org/ (check out sidebar on individual entries for the “follow” button). * Acknowledgements × ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Contributions to the Timeline of Historical Film Colors > “It would not have been possible to collect all the data and the > corresponding images without the support from many individuals and > institutions.Thank you so much for your contribution, I am very grateful.” > Barbara Flueckiger Experts, scholars, institutions | Sponsors, supporters, patrons of the crowdfunding campaign, April 23 to July 21, 2012 EXPERTS, SCHOLARS, INSTITUTIONS * Prof. Dr. David Rodowick, Chair, Harvard University, Department of Visual and Environmental Studies * Prof. Dr. Margrit Tröhler, Department of Film Studies, University of Zurich * Prof. Dr. Jörg Schweinitz, Department of Film Studies, University of Zurich * Prof. Dr. Christine N. Brinckmann, Department of Film Studies, University of Zurich * PD Dr. Franziska Heller, Department of Film Studies, University of Zurich * Dr. Claudy Op den Kamp, Department of Film Studies, University of Zurich * Prof. Anton Rey, Institute for the Performing Arts and Film, Zurich University of the Arts * Dr. Haden Guest, Director, Harvard Film Archive * Liz Coffey, Film Conservator, Harvard Film Archive * Mark Johnson, Loan Officer, Harvard Film Archive * Brittany Gravely, Publicist, Harvard Film Archive * Clayton Scoble, Manager of the Digital Imaging Lab & Photography Studio, Harvard University * Stephen Jennings, Photographer, Harvard University, Fine Arts Library * Dr. Paolo Cherchi Usai, Senior Curator, George Eastman Museum, Motion Picture Department * Jared Case, Head of Cataloging and Access, George Eastman Museum, Motion Picture Department * Nancy Kauffman, Archivist – Stills, Posters and Paper Collections, George Eastman Museum, Motion Picture Department * Deborah Stoiber, Collection Manager, George Eastman Museum, Motion Picture Department * Barbara Puorro Galasso, Photographer, George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film * Daniela Currò, Preservation Officer, George Eastman House, Motion Picture Department * James Layton, Manager, Celeste Bartos Film Preservation Center, Department of Film, The Museum of Modern Art * Mike Pogorzelski, Archive Director, Academy Film Archive * Josef Lindner, Preservation Officer, Academy Film Archive * Cassie Blake, Public Access Coordinator, Academy Film Archive * Melissa Levesque, Nitrate Curator, Academy Film Archive * Prof. Dr. Giovanna Fossati, Head Curator, EYE Film Institute, Amsterdam, and Professor at the University of Amsterdam * Annike Kross, Film Restorer, EYE Film Institute, Amsterdam * Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi, Curator Silent Film, EYE Film Institute, Amsterdam * Catherine Cormon, EYE Film Institute, Amsterdam * Anke Wilkening, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation, Wiesbaden, Germany * Marianna De Sanctis, L’Immagine Ritrovata, Bologna * Paola Ferrari, L’Immagine Ritrovata, Bologna * Gert and Ingrid Koshofer, Gert Koshofer Collection, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany * Memoriav, Verein zur Erhaltung des audiovisuellen Kulturgutes der Schweiz * Claudius Kelterborn, Collector * David Landolf, Director, Lichtspiel / Kinemathek Bern * Brigitte Paulowitz, Head Archivist and Restorer, Lichtspiel / Kinemathek Bern * Margaret Bodde, Executive Director, The Film Foundation * Maria Paleologos, The Film Foundation * Jessica Bursi, The Film Foundation * Michael Champlin, DeBergerac Productions, Inc. Rochester, NY * Joakim Reuteler, Digital Humanities Lab, University of Basel * Prof. Dr. Rudolf Gschwind, Director, Imaging and Media Lab, University of Basel * Erwin Zbinden, Researcher, University of Basel * Klaus Martin Boese * Mike Mashon, Head of the Moving Image Section, Library of Congress * George Willeman, Nitrate Film Vault Manager, Library of Congress * Lynanne Schweighofer, Safety Film Vault Manager, Library of Congress * David Pierce, Library of Congress, Assistant Chief, Library of Congress * Kieron Webb, Technical Projects Officer, British Film Institute * Bryony Dixon, Silent Film Curator, British Film Institute * Prof. Dr. Ulrich Ruedel, HTW Berlin * Dr. Jan-Christopher Horak, Director, UCLA Film & Television Archive * Todd Wiener, Motion Picture Archivist, UCLA Film & Television Archive * Ross Lipman, Film Restorer and Filmmaker * Dr. Céline Ruivo, Director Film Collections, Cinémathèque Française * Dr. Iris Deniozou, Archivist, Cinémathèque Française * Paul Read, Film Conservator * Roger Smither, Film Historian * Nicola Mazzanti, Associate Director, Royal Film Archive of Belgium * Laurent Mannoni, Directeur scientifique du patrimoine et du Conservatoire des techniques, Cinémathèque française * François Ede, Researcher and Film Restorer * Andrea Meneghelli, Cineteca di Bologna, Archivio Film * Alessandra Bani, Cineteca di Bologna, Archivio Fotografico * Hege Stensrud Høsøien, Director, National Library of Norway * Dr. Eirik Frisvold Hanssen, Head of Film and Broadcasting Section, National Library of Norway * Tina Anckarmann, Film Archivist, National Library of Norway * Jeanpaul Goergen, Film Scholar * Prof. Martin Koerber, Leiter der Abteilung Film, Deutsche Kinemathek * Reto Kromer, reto.ch * Brian Pritchard, Motion Picture and Film Archive Consultant * Bertrand Lavédrine, Centre de Recherche sur la Conservation des Collections Paris * Mikko Kuutti, Deputy Director, Kansallinen audiovisuaalinen arkisto / National Audiovisual Archive, Finland * Juha Kindberg, Film Collection, Kansallinen audiovisuaalinen arkisto / National Audiovisual Archive, Finland * Dr Kelley Wilder, Senior Research Fellow, De Montfort University * Michael Harvey, Curator of Cinematography, National Media Museum, Bradford * Ruth Kitchin, Collections Assistant, National Media Museum, Bradford * Kathryn Gronsbell, Moving Image Archiving & Preservation, NYU * Gisela Harich-Hamburger, Photo Conservator * Dr Luke McKernan, Lead Curator, Moving Image, The British Library * Dr Michael Pritchard FRPS, FBIPP, Director-General, The Royal Photographic Society * John Falconer, Lead Curator Visual Arts, Curator of Photographs, The British Library * Cindy Keefer, Director, Center for Visual Music * Dr. Anna Batistová, Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague * Lenka Šťastná, Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague * Mark Jacobs * Toni Booth, Curator, National Science and Media Museum, Bradford * Sylvie Pénichon, Conservator of Photographs, Amon Carter Museum of American Art * Gawain Weaver, Photograph Conservator, Gawain Weaver Art Conservation, San Anselmo, CA * Phil Rutter, Hon Treasurer & Secretary, British Kinematograph, Sound & Television Society * Ben Letzler, editorial assistance * Beda Künzle, support website programming * Manuel Joller, coordinator data management * Barbara Fritzsche, support data management * Andreas Bühlmann, support data management * Michelle Beutler, support data management * Diana Arenas R., support data management * Sabrina Züger, coordinator data management * Jamie Lee Moser, support data management * Valentina Romero, support data management * Meredith Stadler, support data management SPONSORS, SUPPORTERS, PATRONS OF THE CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN April 23 to July 21, 2012, $11,175 raised * reto.ch * Hannes and Esther Bernhardt, grand supporters * Marianne Flückiger Bösch and Bernhard Bösch, major supporters * Daniel Flückiger, major supporter * Hanna Gubler Ursin * Louis Krähenbühl * Prof. Heinz B. Heller * Dariush Daftarian and Viola Lutz, supporters * Annette Schüren, supporter * Peter A. Huber, supporter * Kurt Horlacher, supporter * Thomas Haegele, supporter * Brigitte Frizzoni * Stina Werenfels, supporter * Gabriela Schmidt, supporter * Esther Flückiger, supporter * Dorothee Schön * Stefanos Domalis * Charlotte Flückiger, supporter * Andreas Koch, supporter * Nina Scheu, supporter * Filmspur audiovisuelle Quellen * Reinhard Zschoche, supporter * William Hungerbuehler, supporter * Franziska Heller, supporter * Silvana Konermann, supporter * Eirik Hanssen, supporter * Thomas Elsaesser * Tonio Seiler and Nora Cista * Anne Gjelsvik * Veronika Ronchin * Ulrich Ruedel * Dennis Atkinson * Britta Hartmann * Cynthia Freeland, sponsor * Dominik Schrey, sponsor * Guido Kirsten, sponsor * Daniela Casanova, sponsor * Alice Christoffel, sponsor * Martin Koerber * Silvia Müller * Simon Spiegel, sponsor * Yvonne Zimmermann, sponsor * Elias Savada * Lars Gaustad * Alexandra Navratil, sponsor * Christian Gosvig Olesen, sponsor * Joanne Bernardi, Associate Professor, University of Rochester * Laura Major, sponsor * Dan Binns, sponsor * Fred Truniger, sponsor * Margrethe Bruun Vaage, sponsor * Samuel Flückiger, sponsor * Ulrike Bergermann, sponsor * Ursula McCormack, sponsor * Tereza Smid, sponsor * Barbara Fritzsche, sponsor * Marco Brazerol, sponsor * Susie Trenka, sponsor * Jan Sahli, sponsor * Thomas Binder, sponsor * Anne Kelly, sponsor * Brigitte Gloor, sponsor * Sean Kelly * Lynanne Schweighofer * Mattia Lento * Philip Frederic Grütter, campaigner * Hitomi Matsuyama *Note: Several donors prefer to remain anonymous. ERC ADVANCED GRANT FILMCOLORS Project Leader and Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Barbara Flueckiger, baflueckiger@gmail.com Team: * Dr. Bregt Lameris, PostDoc Film Studies bregt.lameris@fiwi.uzh.ch * Dr. Giorgio Trumpy, Research Scientist giorgio@trumpy.eu * Dr. David Pfluger, Senior Researcher david.pfluger@uzh.ch * Martin Weiss, Technician, Film Restorer and Senior Researcher martin.weiss2@uzh.ch * MA Joëlle Kost, PhD Candidate joelle.kost@uzh.ch * MA Michelle Beutler, PhD Candidate michelle.beutler@uzh.ch * MA Olivia Stutz, PhD Candidate oliviakristina.stutz@uzh.ch Research Management: Dr. Evelyn Echle, Scientific Research Manager evelyn.echle@uzh.ch Software Development: BSc Gaudenz Halter, Software Development Color Film Analyses, video annotation und crowdsourcing platform VIAN, in collaboration with Visualization and MultiMedia Lab of Prof. Dr. Renato Pajarola, University of Zurich, (Enrique G. Paredes, PhD; Rafael Ballester-Ripoll, PhD) since 07.2017 BSc Noyan Evirgen, Software Development, in collaboration with Visualization and MultiMedia Lab von Prof. Dr. Renato Pajarola, Universität Zürich (Enrique G. Paredes, PhD; Rafael Ballester-Ripoll, PhD), 03.2017–01.2018 Assistants Film Analyses: BA Manuel Joller, BA Ursina Früh, BA/MA Valentina Romero FILM COLORS. TECHNOLOGIES, CULTURES, INSTITUTIONS Project Leader: Prof. Dr. Barbara Flueckiger, baflueckiger@gmail.com Team: MA Noemi Daugaard, PhD Candidate, noemi_daugaard@access.uzh.ch MA Josephine Diecke, PhD Candidate, josephine.diecke@uzh.ch Data Management Timeline of Historical Film Colors: MA Sabrina Züger, BA Manuel Joller, BA Jamie-Lee Moser, MA Meredith Stalder, MA Valentina Romero * Budget / Sponsors × BUDGET / SPONSORS Financing the Timeline of Historical Film Colors? The development of the project started in fall 2011 with stage 1. Each stage necessitated a different financing scheme. We are now in stage 3 and are looking for additional funding by private sponsors. Read more about the financial background of the project on filmcolors.org. Thanks for your support! * Copyright Notice × IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT NOTICE > Many graphics, photographs, and text portions > that appear on this web page are protected by copyright! Please ask for permission if you would like to use them. The author has exercised the greatest care in seeking all necessary permissions to publish the material on this website. Please contact the author immediately and directly should anything infringe a copyright nonetheless. Timeline of Historical Film Colors by Barbara Flueckiger is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. * Contact × CONTACT E-mail to Barbara Flueckiger, founder and project leader of Timeline of Historical Film Colors * Timeline × TIMELINE OF HISTORICAL FILM COLORS * Donate × DONATE Thank you very much for your financial contribution! Each sponsor receives a credit on the acknowledgement page: http://zauberklang.ch/acknowledgements.html [WP-LEGACY-STRIPE] Save Previous THE TIMELINE OF HISTORICAL FILM COLORS is a comprehensive resource for the investigation of film color technology and aesthetics, analysis and restoration, developed and curated by Barbara Flueckiger since 2012. Check out our recent publication Color Mania. The Material of Color in Photography and Film. MICROSCOPY PROJECT HTW BERLIN AND UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH In a joint research project between HTW Berlin and the University of Zurich (UZH), historical film color samples stemming from the Koshofer Collection, now at UZH, have been microscopically investigated in transmission and in cross-sections at the conservation-scientific facilities of HTW Berlin. The intriguing and often stunning photomicrographs showcase the relationship between the photographic image, their material and chemical composition and the three-dimensional structure unique to the analog moving image heritage in color, while exhibiting their own peculiar beauty. View galleries with photomicrographs. CINÉMATHÈQUE FRANÇAISE “The Cinémathèque for me is a place that must be a kind of home where people come as they are and then come out different,” said once Henri Langlois. Since it was founded in 1936, the Cinémathèque française has given as much importance to films as to everything related to them (archives, books, devices, costumes, models, etc.). Thanks to this visionary spirit, the institution has, over the years, assembled an impressive collection of films, archives and devices. Link View entries MUSEUM OF MODERN ART MOMA Opened in 1935, The Museum of Modern Art’s Department of Film has one of the strongest international collections of motion pictures in the world, totaling more than 30,000 films between the permanent and study collections. View entries UCLA FILM & TELEVISION ARCHIVE UCLA Film & Television Archive stands among the great world institutions for the conservation, exhibition and interpretation of moving images. The Archive constitutes the largest collection of media materials of any university in the world. View entries FILMMUSEUM POTSDAM Founded in 1981 as „Filmmuseum der DDR” (Filmmuseum of the GDR), the Filmmuseum Potsdam holds a large collection of films, as well as film-related materials and film apparatus, focusing mainly on the history of the Babelsberg Film Studio from the origin in 1917 until today. Since 2012, amateur filmmaking in the GDR has become a second important focus of the Filmmuseum. View entries DEFA FOUNDATION Established in 1998 as an incorporated non-profit foundation, it is the mission of the DEFA Foundation to preserve the 12,000 films made at the East German DEFA studios, to use them for the public good and in general to support and sponsor German film culture and art. View entries NATIONAL SCIENCE AND MEDIA MUSEUM The National Science and Media Museum in Bradford explores the science and culture of light and sound technologies and their impact on our lives. The Museum’s collections trace the history of the technical developments of both professional and amateur motion pictures. View entries LICHTSPIEL / KINEMATHEK BERN The Lichtspiel / cinémathèque Berne was founded in 2000 to collect and preserve anything related to the production and reproduction of moving images. It is a unique cinematographic collection with an open cinema in the heart of the hall, an archive, a workshop and a storehouse, a mélange of cinema, museum, service station for cinematographic material and network for film aficionados. View entries DFF DEUTSCHES FILMINSTITUT & FILMMUSEUM The DFF Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum in Frankfurt am Main is dedicated to the medium of film, showcasing its history and present, its aesthetics and influence. It pursues its mission to provide access to film heritage through museum exhibitions, daily film screenings, publishing activities, film education, film festivals and extensive archival collections. The film archive department conserves and makes accessible over 20 000 film elements: Vintage prints, pre-print elements, original negatives and outtakes, analogue preservation elements, dedicated rental prints and the outcomes of recent digitization projects and digital restoration efforts. A wide range of moving images is represented – dating from the birth of cinema up to the present. View entries CINETECA DI BOLOGNA Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna is an internationally distinguished film archive founded in the 1960s. Cineteca’s activities include: film restoration, film collection, teaching programs, daily theatrical screenings, publishing (books and DVDs), a globally known restoration festival (Il Cinema Ritrovato), a library, non-film collections. Cineteca’s L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory has established its reputation in the world of film archives thanks to the restoration of many masterpieces. View entries BFI NATIONAL ARCHIVE Established in 1935, the BFI National Archive holds one of the largest film and television collections in the world containing nearly a million titles. Using the latest preservation methods, we care for a variety of obsolete formats so that future generations can enjoy the UK’s film heritage. View entries DEUTSCHE KINEMATHEK – MUSEUM FÜR FILM UND FERNSEHEN Founded in 1963, the Deutsche Kinemathek holds a large collection of films, as well as film-related materials such as advertisement material and scripts, photography, scenography, and of film apparatus from the 1900s to the present, and a library. Since 2000, the collections are also shown in a museum for film and television in Berlin. View entries ACADEMY FILM ARCHIVE The Academy Film Archive was founded 25 years ago to collect and preserve significant contributions to both the art and science of the motion picture. The archive contains nearly 200,000 items and has preserved over 1,000 films. View entries GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM Founded in 1949, the George Eastman Museum is a world leader in the areas of photography, motion pictures, and their associated technologies. The Moving Image Department holds more than 28,000 films from the entire history of cinema and other materials related to the history, production, and exhibition of moving images. View entries NÁRODNÍ FILMOVÝ ARCHIV / NATIONAL FILM ARCHIVE, PRAGUE The Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive in Prague is one of the ten oldest and largest film archives in the world. It was set up in 1943 and in 1946 it became a member of the International Federation of Film Archives – FIAF. In 1997 it became a founding member of the Association of European Film Archives and Cinematheques, ACE. View entries EYE FILMMUSEUM AMSTERDAM EYE Filmmuseum is the Dutch centre for cinematography, with a collection of more than 40.000 films, from silent early cinema to contemporary digital productions. View entries LIBRARY OF CONGRESS The Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center acquires, describes, stores, preserves and provides access to the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of motion pictures, television programs, radio broadcasts and sound recordings. View entries THE TIMELINE OF HISTORICAL FILM COLORS is a comprehensive resource for the investigation of film color technology and aesthetics, analysis and restoration, developed and curated by Barbara Flueckiger since 2012. Check out our recent publication Color Mania. The Material of Color in Photography and Film. MICROSCOPY PROJECT HTW BERLIN AND UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH In a joint research project between HTW Berlin and the University of Zurich (UZH), historical film color samples stemming from the Koshofer Collection, now at UZH, have been microscopically investigated in transmission and in cross-sections at the conservation-scientific facilities of HTW Berlin. The intriguing and often stunning photomicrographs showcase the relationship between the photographic image, their material and chemical composition and the three-dimensional structure unique to the analog moving image heritage in color, while exhibiting their own peculiar beauty. View galleries with photomicrographs. Next Please access detailed information on over 250 individual film color processes via the classification system on this page, display the Timeline of Historical Film Colors in chronological order, browse by image, search by color, search via the tag cloud at the end of this page or directly on the search page, or see the contributing archives’ collections on the header slides. TIMELINE GRAPH 18961900190419081912191619201924192819321936194019441948195219561960196419681972197619801984198819921996200020042008Dye Imbibition Process 1875 Hydrotypie / Hydrotype / dye transfer 1880 Silver dye-bleach 1889 Hand coloring 1895 Chromogenic development 1895 Toning / metallic toning (French: virage, German: Tonung) 1896 Tinting (French: teintage, German: Virage) 1896 Joly 1896 Lenticular Screen 1896 Isensee 1897 Friese-Greene 1898 Lascelles Davidson 1898 Chromolithography 1898 Lee and Turner 1899 Krayn 1901 Bi-pack 1901 Pathécolor / Pathéchrome / stencil coloring 1903 Jumeaux/Davidson 1903 Pinatype / Pinatypie 1903 Monopack stripping 1903 Tinting by application of varnish 1905 Prism 1905 Katachromie 1905 Predecessor of Kinemacolor 1906 Traube / Diachromie 1906 Autochrome 1907 Dye coupling 1907 Caille 1907 Kinemacolor 1908 Procédé Colombier 1908 Dufay / Dioptichrome Plate (sometimes incorrectly referenced as Dioptochrome) 1908 Berthon 1908 Ulysse 1908 Mordant toning / dye toning 1909 Bassani 1910 Audibert 1911 Biocolour 1911 Chromogenic film stock 1911 Colorgraph / Cinecolorgraph 1912 Gaumont Chronochrome 1912 Colcin 1913 Procédé Tetrachrome 1913 Donisthorpe 1913 Cinechrome 1914 Biochrom 1914 Brewster 1915 Kodachrome Two-color 1915, after 1930 renamed Fox Nature Color 1915 Urban-Joy Process, improvement of Kinemacolor, later called Kinekrom 1916 Handschiegl / DeMille-Wyckoff / Wyckoff Process 1916 Douglass Color No. 1 1916 Technicolor No. I 1916 Agfacolor Screen Plate 1916 Prizma I 1916 Panchromotion 1917 Versicolor-Dufay 1917 Talkicolor 1917 Kesdacolor 1918 Polychromide 1918 Gilmore Color 1918 Prizma II 1919 Douglass Color No. 2 1919 Cinekrome 1919 Zoechrome 1920 Gorsky Process 1921 Technicolor No. II 1922 Traube / Uvachrome 1922 Colorcraft 1922 Keller-Dorian 1922 Kelleycolor 1923 Chromo-Film 1923 Warner-Powrie 1924 Horst 1924 Szczepanik 1924 Thornton 1924 Wolff-Heide 1924 Cinecolor additive 2 color / Cinecolour 1925 Spicer-Dufay 1925 Auto Natural Color / Bernardi 1925 Gevaert Positif Color 1925 Technic-Colour 1925 Busch Farbenfilm 1926 Hérault Trichrome 1926 Cox Multicolor 1926 Technicolor No. III 1927 Color Cinema Corporation 1927 Lignose Naturfarbenfilm 1927 Kodacolor / Keller-Dorian Color 1928 Multicolor 1928 Splendicolor 1928 Tinted film base / Kodak Sonochrome 1928 Mroz Farbenfilm 1928 Autochrome film / Cinécolor 1928 Harriscolor 1929 Raycol 1929 Sirius 1929 Agfa bipack films 1929 Finlay 1929 Photocolor 1930 Sennett Color 1930 Kislyn color 1930 Brewster 1930 Audibert 1930 Allfarbenfilm 1930 DuPont Vitacolor 1930 Gualtierotti or Cicona e Gualtierotti 1930 Magnachrome 1931 Coloratura 1931 Ufacolor 1931 Chimicolor 1931 Magnacolor 1931 Rotocolor 1931 Rota Farbenfilm 1931 Russian two-color system 1931 DuChrome 1931 Chemicolor / Ufacolor in GB 1932 Spectracolor (= British version of Ufacolor) 1932 Agfacolor lenticular / Agfacolor Linsenrasterfilm 1932 Rouxcolor 2 color / Cineoptichrome 1932 Cinecolor (subtractive 2 color) 1932 Technicolor No. IV: Three-strip 1932 Roncarolo 1932 Dufaycolor 1933 Hillman Process 1933 Morgana Process 1933 Gasparcolor OR Gaspar Color 1933 Vericolor 1933 Bocca-Rudatis 1933 Cinemacolor 1934 Thomascolor 1934 Sistema Cristiani-Mascarini 1934 Cosmocolor 1935 Dascolour 1935 Francita-Reality / Francita / Opticolor / Realita 1935 Harmonicolor 1935 Kodachrome 1935 Crosene Process 1935 Telco Color, additive 2 color 1936 Agfacolor Neu / Agfacolor 1936 Hirlicolor 1936 Berthon-Siemens / Siemens-Berthon / Siemens-Perutz-Verfahren / Opticolor 1936 Russian three-color process 1936 Dunning Color 1937 Telco color subtractive 2 color 1938 Dufaycolor reversal 1938 Pantachrom 1938 Kodachrome Color Reversal Film Type 5262 1938 Technicolor Monopack / Kodachrome Professional Type 5267 / Eastman Monopack 7267 1940 Agfacolor Negative type B 1940 Agfacolor Negative type G 1940 Iriscolor 1940 Kodachrome Color Reversal Film 5265 1940 Gaspar Color subtractive 2 color 1941 Agfacolor Negative type B2 1941 Agfacolor Negative type G2 1941 Fullcolor 1942 Kodachrome Professional Film Type 5267 1942 Ansco Color Printon 1943 Sovcolor negative film type B 1945 Sovcolor negative type G 1945 British Tricolour / Dufaychrome 1946 Sakuracolor 1946 Ansco Colorpak / Ansco Color, type 735 1946 Svema LN-1 1946 Kodachrome Commercial Type 5268 1946 Ansco Color Duplicating Film, type 132 1946 Ansco Color Release Film, type 732 1946 Thomson Color 1947 Americolor 1947 Trucolor 2 color 1947 Svema DS-1 1947 Rouxcolor 4 color 1948 Cinefotocolor 1948 Pinchart 1948 Technichrome 1948 Gevacolor Negative 1948 Gevacolor T 6 51 1948 Ansco One-Strip Color-Separation Film, type 155 1948 Trucolor 3 color 1949 DuPont Color Film Type 275 1949 Ferrania color / Ferraniacolor / 3M color 1949 Fujicolor 1949 Chromart Simplex 1950 Alfacolour / Alfacolor 1950 Chromart Tricolor 1950 Colorvision 1950 Eastman Multilayer Stripping Film / Kodak Stripping Film 1950 Eastman Color 1950 Eastman Color Negative, type 5247 1950 Ansco Color negative / positive process 1950 Opticolor 1950 Eastman Color Print Film 5381 (1950) 1950 Eastman Color Print Film 5281 / 7281 1950 Supercinecolor / Natural Color 1951 Eastman Lenticular Print Film Type 5306 1951 Agfacolor Negative 1951 Agfacolor L 1951 Dugromacolor 1952 Agfacolor Negative, type 2 1952 Ansco Color Negative, type 843 1952 Eastman Color Internegative Film 5243 1952 Eastman Color Print Film 7282 1952 Eastman Color Negative, type 5248 1953 Ansco Color Negative, type 844 1953 Eastman Color Internegative Film 5245 1953 Eastman Color Print Film 5382 / 7382 1953 Agfacolor Negative, type B 333 1954 Agfacolor Negative, type G 334 1954 Technicolor No. V: Dye transfer prints from chromogenic negative 1954 Agfacolor Positiv Typ 5 1954 Ferraniacolor, type 54 1954 Gevacolor T 6 52 1954 Mondiacolor 1955 Anscochrome 1955 Agfacolor Negative, type 3 (CN3) 1955 Eastman Television Recording Film 5374 / 7374 1955 Fujicolor Negative, type 8511 1955 Eastman Embossed Kinescope Recording Film 1956 Eastman Reversal Color Print Film Type 5269 / 7387 1956 Eastman Color Internegative Film 5270 / 7270 1956 Eastman Color Intermedeate Film 5253 1956 Svema DS-2 1956 Svema LN-2 1956 Ansco Color Dupe Negative, type 846 1956 Ansco Color Print Film, type 848 1956 Ansco Color Reversal Duplicating Film, type 538 1956 Fomacolor 1957 Ansco Color Negative, type 845 1957 Super Anscochrome Daylight, type 225 1957 Ektachrome Commercial Type 7255 1958 Columbiacolor 1958 Gevacolor T 6 53 1958 Fujicolor Negative, type 8512 1958 Eastman Ektachrome Commercial, type 7255 1958 Super Anscochrome Tungsten, type 226 1958 Gevacolor Positive Film T 9 53 1958 Dynachrome 1959 Moviechrome 1959 Eastman Color Negative, type 5250 1959 Eastman Color Reversal Film SO-260 1959 Eastman Color Reversal Film SO-260 1959 Eastman Color Print Film 7383 1959 Ektachrome ER 1960 Eastman Ektachrome ER, type 5257 1960 Eastman Ektachrome ER, type B, type 5258 1960 Agfacolor Negative, type 4 (CN4) 1960 Svema DS-3 1960 Svema LN-3 1960 Kodachrome II 1961 Agfachrome 1962 Eastman Color Negative, type 5251 1962 Agfacolor Negative, type G 432 1962 Eastman Color Print Film 5385 / 7385 1962 Ferraniacolor Cine Universal 1962 Svema DS-4 1962 Ektachrome MS 1963 Eastman Ektachrome MS, type 5256 1963 Eastman RP Negative Film 7229 1963 Svema DS-5M 1963 Svema LN-5M 1963 Polacolor Instant Photography 1963 Orwocolor 1964 Agfacolor Negative, type 5 (CN5) 1964 Anscochrome, type 5240 1964 Anscochrome, type 5210 1964 Anscochrome, type 5230 1964 Eastman Reversal Print Film 7387 1964 Gevacolor T 6 54 1964 Orwocolor NC 1 1964 Agfa-Gevaert 1964 Ektachrome EF 1965 Eastman Ektachrome EF, type 5242 / 7242, type B 1965 Eastman Ektachrome EF, type 5241 / 7241 1965 Fujicolor Negative, type 8513 1965 Fujicolor Negative, type 8514 1965 Gevachrome 1966 Ektachrome R Print 1966 Fotoncolor OR Fotonkolor 1966 Eastman Color Negative, type 5254 / 7254 1966 Fujicolor Positive, type 8818 1966 Indu Colour 1967 Anscochrome, type 5550 1967 Eastman Color Print Film 5744 1967 Eastman Color Print Film 7380 1967 Eastman Color Negative, type 3251 1967 Anscochrome, type 5311 1968 Ferrania Type HS Color Release Positive 1968 Eastman Direct MP Film 5360 / 7360 1968 Eastman Color Reversal Intermedeate Film 5249 / 7249 1968 Eastman Color Intermediate Film 5253 / 7253 1968 Eastman Color Internegative Film 5271 / 7271 1968 Gevacolor T 6 55 1968 Fujicolor Positive, type 8819 1968 Gevacolor Positive Film T 9 54 1968 Fujicolor Negative, type 8515 1969 3M Color Positive Film 1970 3M Color Positive, type 650 1970 Eastman Ektachrome Commercial Film 7252 1970 Eastman Ektachrome R Print Film 7389 1970 Eastman Color Print Film 5381 / 7381 (1970) 1970 Svema LN-6M 1970 Eastman Ektachrome, type A 1971 Gevacolor Print Film T 9 85 1971 Fujicolor Negative, type 8516 1972 Svema CO-T-90 L 1972 Orwocolor NC 3 1972 Dymat Process 1973 Eastman Ektachrome Reversal Print Film 7390 (SO-390) 1973 Eastman Color II Negative, type 5247 / 7247 1974 3M Color Positive, type 651 1974 Eastman Color SP Print Film 5383 / 7383 1974 Gevacolor T 6 80 1974 Svema CO-T-22 D 1974 Svema LN-7 1974 Gevacolor Print Film T 9 86 1974 Ektachrome Video News 1975 Orwochrom 1975 Eastman Ektachrome, type 5239 1975 Eastman Ektachrome, type 5240 (VNF) 1975 Eastman Ektachrome Video News Film 7240 1975 Svema LN-8 1975 Eastman Ektachrome SM, type 7244 1975 Eastman Ektachrome Video News Film 7239 1976 Polavision 1977 Eastman Ektachrome High Speed Video News Film 7250 1977 Eastman Ektachrome VN Print Film 7399 1977 Eastman Color SP Low Contrast (minus 25%) Print Film 5738 / 7738 1977 Polachrome 1977 Gevacolor T 6 82 1978 Eastman Color LF Print Film 7378 1979 Eastman Color LFSP Film 7379 1979 Eastman Color II Negative, type 5247 / 7247 F 1980 Eastman Color II Internegative Film 5272 / 7272 S 1980 Fujicolor Negative A 250, type 8518 1980 Taihang Color 1980 Eastman Color High Speed Negative, type 5293 1981 Eastman Ektachrome 7251 1981 Eastman Color Print Film 5384 / 7384 1981 Fujicolor Negative A, type 8517 1981 Eastman Color Negative, ASA 125, type 5247 1983 Eastman Color High Speed Negative, type 5294 1983 Eastman Color Negative Film 7291 1983 Eastman Color LC Print Film 5380 / 7380 1983 Fujicolor Negative A, type 8511 1983 Fujicolor Negative High Speed AX, type 8512 1983 Fujicolor Negative AX, type 8514 1984 Agfa negative XT 125 1985 Agfa negative XT 320 1985 Eastman Color High Speed Negative Film 7292 1985 Eastman Color High Speed Negative, type 5295 / 7295 1987 Eastman Color High Speed Negative, type 5297 1987 Eastman Fine Grain Release Positive Film 5302 / 7302 1988 Fuji F-Series 8510 / 8610 F64T 1988 Fuji F-Series 8520 / 8620 F64D 1988 Fuji F-Series 8530 / 8630 125T 1988 Fuji F-Series 8550 / 8650 F250T 1988 Fuji F-Series 8560 / 8660 F-250D 1988 Fuji F-Series 8570 / 8670 F-500T 1988 Eastman EXR 100T Color Negative Film 7248 1989 Eastman EXR 50D Color Negative Film 5245 / 7245 1989 Eastman EXR 500T Color Negative Film 5296 1989 Eastman EXR 100T Color Negative Film 5248 1990 Eastman EXR 500T Color Negative Film 7296 1990 Eastman EXR Color Intermediate Film 5244 / 7244 1992 Eastman EXR 200T Color Negative Film 5293 / 7293 1992 Experimental Eastman Separation Film (5238) 1992 Eastman Color Intermediate Film 2244 1992 Eastman EXR Color Print Film 5386 / 7386 1993 Eastman Color LC Print Film 5385 / 7385 1993 Eastman EXR 500T 5298 / 7298 (T) 1994 Eastman EXR 200T 5287 / 7287 Ultra Latitude (W) 1994 Eastman EXR Color Print Film 2386 / 3386 1994 Eastman EXR Primetime 640T Teleproduction Film 5600 (P) 1995 Kodak Vision 320T Color Negative Film 5277 / 7277 (Q) 1996 Kodak Vision 500T Color Negative Film 5279 / 7279 (U) 1996 Fujicolor Positive Film F-CP 3519 1996 Technicolor No. VI: Dye-transfer prints from enhanced process 1997 Kodak Vision 250D Color Negative Film 5246 / 7246 1997 Kodak Vision 200T Color Negative Film 5274 / 7274 1997 Eastman Special Order Print Film SO-886 1997 Kodak Vision Color Print Film 2383 1997 Kodak Vision Premiere Color Print Film 2393 1997 Kodak EXR Primetime 640T Teleproduction Film 5620 / 7620 1997 Kodak Vision 800T Color Negative Film 5289 1998 Kodak Vision Color Intermediate Film 2242 / 3242 1998 Kodak Vision Color Intermediate Film 5242 / 7242 1998 Kodak SFX 200T Color Negative Film 1998 Kodak Vision 800T Color Negative Film 7289 1999 Kodak Vision Color Teleprint Film 2395 1999 Eastman Ektachrome, type 5285 / 7285 1999 Fujicolor Positive Film F-CP 3519D 1999 Kodak Vision "Expression" 500T Color Negative Film 5284 / 7284 2001 Fuji Reala 500D 8592 / 8692 2001 Fujicolor Positive Film Super F-CP 3510 / 3610 2001 Kodak Vision 500T Color Negative Film 5263 / 7263 2002 Kodak Vision2 500T Color Negative Film 5218 / 7218 2002 Fujicolor Positive Film Super F-CP 3510 / 3610 2002 Fujicolor Positive Film Eterna-CP 3513DI / 3613DI 2002 Kodak Vision2 "Expression" 500T Color Negative Film 5229 / 7229 2003 Kodak Vision2 250D Color Negative Film 5205 / 7205 2004 Kodak Vision2 100T Color Negative Film 5212 / 7212 2004 Kodak Vision2 200T Color Negative Film 5217 / 7217 2004 Fuji Eterna 500T 8573 / 8673 2004 Kodak Vision2 50D Color Negative Film 5201 / 7201 2005 Kodak Vision2 "HD Color Scan Film" 500T Color Negative Film 5299 / 7299 2005 Fuji Eterna 400T 8583 / 8683 2005 Fuji Eterna 250D 8563 / 8663 2006 Fuji Eterna 250T 8553 / 8653 2006 Kodak Vision3 500T Color Negative Film 5219 / 7219 2007 Fuji Eterna Vivid 160T 8543 / 8643 2007 Fujicolor Positive Film Eterna-CP 3521XD 2007 Kodak Vision2 500T Color Negative Film 5260 2009 Kodak Vision3 250D Color Negative Film 5207 / 7207 2009 Kodak Vision3 Color Digital Intermediate Film 5254 / 2254 2009 Fuji Eterna Vivid 500T 8547 / 8647 2009 Fuji Eterna Vivid 250D 8546 / 8646 2010 Fujicolor Positive Film Eterna-CP 3514DI / 3614DI 2010 Fujicolor Positive Film Eterna-CP 3523XD 2010 Fujicolor Positive Film Eterna-CP 3512 / 3612 2010 Kodak Vision3 50D Color Negative Film 5203 / 7203 2011 Kodak Color Asset Protection Film 2332 2012 * Applied Colors * Chromogenic monopack * Chromolytic multilayer * Color separation * Double-coated / bi-pack * Printing / dye-transfer * Screen processes * Spatial synthesis (multiple lenses, beam splitter) * Temporal synthesis (rotary filters) AUTONOMOUS COLORS (APPLIED COLORS) STENCIL COLORING (POCHOIR, PATHÉCOLOR) Stencils were cut out from a positive print to color selected areas of the film frames by the use of brushes or velvet strips. HAND COLORING Before the introduction of film, hand coloring had long been applied to lantern slides. Colors were applied with tiny brushes to each individual frame of the film. TONING Toning, like tinting, was one of the earliest film color techniques. It required a complex chemical procedure to replace the silver with colored compounds or dyes for each individual exhibition print. TINTING Tinting was one of the earliest and most widespread techniques to apply colors to film. Each individual black-and-white film positive had to be submerged in dye baths. MIMETIC PROCESSES (NATURAL COLORS) ADDITIVE COLORS SCREEN PROCESSES Regular or irregular patterns of colored stripes or dots in red, blue and green provide a color sensation by additive mixture. Many of the screen processes were introduced in still photography before their redevelopment for film applications. Line screen Mosaic screen Lenticular screen SPATIAL SYNTHESIS (MULTIPLE LENSES, PRISM) Two or three images were captured simultaneously through multiple lenses or beam-splitter prisms. The images were either dyed or projected through colored filters. TEMPORAL SYNTHESIS (ROTARY FILTERS) Two or three images were exposed through colored filters in succession. In projection, the black and white images were filtered again accordingly. The processes required double or triple frame rates. SUBTRACTIVE COLORS CHROMOLYTIC MULTILAYER In chromolytic multilayer films the dyes in the emulsion are destroyed at the locus of exposure of the silver halide. The colors are very brilliant and stable. The most famous chromolytic process was Gasparcolor. CHROMOGENIC MONOPACK In chromogenic monopacks the color-forming substances are either present in several layers in the emulsion or added during film developing later. The basic principle was discovered in 1911 by Rudolf Fischer. Unfortunately the dyes used in these processes proved to be unstable, thus leading to color-fading of the films. Agfacolor Eastman Color Ferraniacolor DOUBLE-COATED / BI-PACK For many two color and a few three color processes emulsion was applied to both sides of the film and colored independently. The technique was widespread in the early days of subtractive color films from the mid-1910s to the mid-1940s. Often the negatives were bi-packs, two strips of black-and-white film sensitized for different spectra. PRINTING / DYE-TRANSFER Printing processes add one to three layers of colors onto the emulsion of a film, most famously in the Technicolor dye-transfer process. The principle had been introduced in photography before the advent of motion pictures. Direct links to the most famous dye-transfer processes: Technicolor No. III Technicolor No. IV Technicolor No. V OTHER EDGE CODES AND IDENTIFICATION The FilmColors research teams collect information about edge codes and identification of color films continuously and post them in this section. BIBLIOGRAPHY You will find here bibliographical information to a variety of topics related to film colors, such as color theory, analysis, aesthetics, narration, culture etc. Contributions are very welcome. Currently it contains bibliographies about color and animation, color perception and cinematography, and the cultural history of color. THEORY Theoretical writings about color photography and color motion pictures. OTHER Very few processes do not fit into the above classification system. COLOR SEARCH Display the Timeline of Historical Film Colors in chronological order › TESTIMONIALS Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Timeline of Historical Film Colors: Leading film scholars, curators, restorers, and archivists produced videos for the 10th anniversary to explain the significance of the Timeline of Historical Film Colors and how they use it for their professional activities. TIMELINE ANNIVERSARY PROFESSOR SARAH STREET KIERON WEBB PROFESSOR KIRSTEN MOANA THOMPSON DR. ROSSELLA CATANESE SREYA CHATTERJEE, MA, HTW BERLIN PROFESSOR JOSHUA YUMIBE DR. BREGT LAMERIS PROFESSOR ERIC HOYT PROFESSOR JOHN BELTON PROFESSOR FUMIKO TSUNEISHI ROSIE TAYLOR PROF. DR. RER. NAT. ULRICH RUEDEL GEORGE WILLEMAN PROF. DR. GIOVANNA FOSSATI DR. CLAUDY OP DEN KAMP AND THE DIASTOR TEAM TAGS * edge codes and identification * blue * splice * 1920s * red * 1950s * 1900s * musical * BFI National Archive * cold–warm contrast * monochrome * tinting and toning * EYE Filmmuseum Amsterdam * Natalie Kalmus * ships * beam-splitter * silhouette * melodrama * Academy Film Archive * travelogue * fashion * Alfred Hitchcock * decay * exoticism * Cecil B. DeMille * science fiction * Ray Rennahan * glamour shot * Len Lye * avantgarde * Leon Shamroy * Powell / Pressburger * Deborah Kerr * Michael Curtiz * colorimetry * Edith Head * femme fatale Save Timeline of Historical Film Colors by Barbara Flueckiger is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Quote as Flueckiger, Barbara (2012 ff.): Timeline of Historical Film Colors. (= https://filmcolors.org/). Download BibTex