Ektachrome

Description

[Eastman Kodak, NY] A registered trademark for a color transparency sheet developed in 1946. Ektachrome® was an integral tripack color process that could be developed at home with specialized chemical kits. The three emulsion layers of the film contained minute oily globules with color couplers that reacted to form the colored dyes.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Kodak Ektachrome 100D; Eastman Ektachrome 7239

Resources and Citations

• Kodak history: Website

• Kodak Color reversal films: Ektahrome

• The Dictionary of Art, Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996 Comment: "Photography"