photochrome
Definition
Noun: A "photochrome" is a type of color photograph produced by a photographic process that creates a tinted or colored image, typically using a single negative and multiple layers of color filters or dyes. It refers specifically to a color photograph from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, often made using the photochrom process.
Usage Examples
- (Color photographs made using the photochrom process.)
- (A color photograph from the early 20th century.)
Advanced Usage
"Photochrome print": a specific term for a color photograph produced by the photochrom process, often printed on paper.
- The photochrome print of the Swiss Alps was remarkably detailed for its time. (A color photograph from the photochrom process.)
"Photochrome card": a postcard or similar card featuring a photochrome image.
- Tourists often sent photochrome cards home as souvenirs. (Postcards with color photographs.)
Variants and Related Words
Photochrom (adj): relating to the photochrom process of producing color photographs.
- The photochrom technique was popular in the late 1800s. (The method of making color photographs.)
Photochromic (adj): describing materials that change color in response to light (a different, modern term).
- Photochromic lenses darken in sunlight. (Lenses that react to light.)
Synonyms
- Color photograph: a general term for any photographic image in color.
- Tinted photograph: a photograph that has been given a color tint, often by hand or chemical process.
- Chromolithograph (related but distinct): a color print made by lithography, not photography.
Related Idioms
- None common. The word "photochrome" is a technical or historical term and does not appear in idioms.