Colour Photography

Colour Photography

Can you find Image evidence of the technique?

When was it first discovered and by whom? In 1873 Herman Vogel discovered sensitising dyes, which was a step forward in the pursuit of full colour photography. As a result of his work, "orthochromatic" plates, sensitive to all colours with the exception of red, were produced. Though the invention of photography it had an immediate impact on the whole art world.

What is special about the technique? Colour photography is special because it uses colours that work well with the human eye,

One dominated by red, another by green and the third by blue, in imitation of the way the normal human eye senses color

How does this technique work? Can you find or describe the processes needed to make it work? Maybe illustrate how it is made. From his studies of color vision, Maxwell found that all the colors of nature could be counterfeited to the eye by mixing only three pure colors of light – red, green and blue – in proportions which would stimulate the three types of cells to the same degrees that the "real" colors did.                 Color Spectrum

Can you comment how important this technique has been for the history of photography? For example was it popular and is it still used today? The use of color has can have a major effect on the overall way someone interprets your picture. It is the art of understanding how color makes a good photograph and using it to create great photos that separates professional photographers from gifted amateurs, color photography is more important today as we use it in our everyday routine.