2-Colour Kodachrome

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
circa 1930

One frame of silent 35mm positive 2 colour Kodachrome film showing a woman wearing a blue coat with fur and a white cloche hat, walking in a courtyard with rose bushes.

Two-Color Kodachrome was the first successfully printed subtractive color process. At best it produced beautiful results, comparable, if not better, than many of the more well-known two-color processes of the time. Despite the expense and time put into its development by the Eastman Kodak Company, it never proved a commercial success. Its costly, complex and often imperfect printing was not suited to large-scale production.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/12180
Materials:
cellulose nitrate
type:
film
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford