colour-process
Definition
- Noun (specialized, photography):
- A method or technique for producing photographic images in colour, involving chemical processing to render natural hues.
- Note: "colour-process" refers specifically to the procedure (the process) used in colour photography, not to the final image or the act of taking a photo.
Usage Examples
- (The chemical technique for producing colour photographs.)
- (The method of developing colour film.)
Advanced Usage
"colour-process photography": a compound term describing the entire field of colour photographic techniques.
- Colour-process photography became commercially viable after the introduction of Kodachrome. (The practical application of colour development methods.)
"autochrome colour-process": a specific early colour photography method using dyed starch grains.
- The autochrome colour-process produced soft, painterly images. (A historical technique for colour photography.)
Variants and Related Words
- Colour (n): the property of objects producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way they reflect or emit light.
- The colour of the sky was a deep blue. (The visual attribute.)
- Process (n): a series of actions or steps taken to achieve a particular end.
- The development process took several hours. (The sequence of actions.)
- Colour-processing (n): the act of applying the colour-process technique.
- Colour-processing requires precise temperature control. (The activity of developing colour film.)
Synonyms
- Colour development: the chemical process of producing colours in photographic materials.
- Chromogenic process: a specific type of colour-process that uses dye-forming chemicals.
- Colour printing: the overall technique of producing colour photographs, often used interchangeably.
Related Idioms (none specific to "colour-process")