Raycol

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Raycol was a two-color additive film color process developed by the chemist Anton Bernardi in 1929. [1] It was used by Maurice Elvey to film The School for Scandal , [2] but was commercially unsuccessful. [3]

It used frames shot through red and blueish-green filters, which were recorded on standard black-and-white film stock, and projected with red and white light respectively. [3] [4]

It was covered by British patents 329,438 and 335,038. [4]

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References

  1. "Raycol". Timeline of Historical Film Colors. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  2. Street, Sarah; Yumibe, Joshua. Chromatic modernity : color, cinema, and media of the 1920s. New York. p. 488. ISBN   978-0-231-54228-9. OCLC   1060181470.
  3. 1 2 Dando, Keith (2019-05-05). "The Three Processes of Doctor Bernardi". Colour and Film. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  4. 1 2 "Raycol (infobox)". Timeline of Historical Film Colors. Retrieved 2020-06-30.