Early color photography experiments

Early color photography experiments were scientific efforts during the 19th century to record natural color images using photographic processes. The first widely recognized demonstration was conducted in 1861 by Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell, who produced a color photograph of a tartan ribbon by combining three separate exposures taken through red, green, and blue filters. ^[1] Subsequent researchers, including Louis Ducos du Hauron, Charles Cros, and Gabriel Lippmann, explored alternative chemical and optical methods for reproducing color photographs. Their work established the scientific foundations that later enabled practical color processes, such as the Autochrome Lumière plates introduced in 1907. ^{[2] [3]}

See also

• History of photography
• Color photography

References

1. Sarkar, Tapan K.; Salazar-Palma, Magdalena; Sengupta, Dipak L. (November 2010). James Clerk Maxwell: the founder of electrical engineering. 2010 Second Region 8 IEEE Conference on the History of Communications. pp. 1–7. doi:10.1109/HISTELCON.2010.5735323.
2. Coe, B. (1978). Colour Photography: The First Hundred Years 1840–1940. Ash & Grant.
3. "Chisholm, Hugh, (22 Feb. 1866–29 Sept. 1924), Editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica (10th, 11th and 12th editions)" , Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 2007-12-01, doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u194658