I need this for a project I'm doing!. Is it because they only have negative to reprint on and only have those colors to repirnt the pictures on!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Actually, any black and white film is only going to be limited to black and white!. Color film was not available in the 1800s (actually, I don't think color film was available until maybe the 1940s at the earliest, and it was very expensive)!. The pictures you are seeing that have red or brown is bcause they were "toned!." The prints were actually put into another chemical after the picture was developed to give it a certain overall color!. Just think of it as kind of like a dye!. But the original photograph is only in black and white!. The way film works is that when you take the picture with the camera and the film is exposed to light, it causes a chemical reaction in the film!. With black and white film, it has what's called a "silver halide!." When silver halide is exposed to light, it's chemically changed!.!.!.the areas that were exposed to more light get darker, and the areas that were exposed to less light are lighter!. It's backwards!.!.!.that's why it's called a "negative!." When the film is developed, it shows a black and white image!. The negative is then used on an enlarger to expose the image onto photo paper!. Photo paper is light sensitive, so you develop it kind of like film!. When you develop photo paper, that's the finished picture!. With a black and white picture, there is no color!. But you can add a tint to it using a toner!. One kind of tint was called "Sepia" and it's a brown or kind of light red tint that was popular with a lot of old pictures!. It still is used sometimes!. Black and white film still works pretty much the same way now!. The only real difference is that modern films are a lot more sensitive to light!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Well in the 1800's they didn't have the technology to develop color photos!. I heard that they did have color negatives, but didn't know how to convert that into a photograph!. It has to do with the developing process!. Www@QuestionHome@Com |