Orthochromatic Era

1895–1927

The first cinema — film stock blind to red light. Skies blown white, lips dark, a ghostly world of reversed values.

Silver halide emulsion sensitive only to blue-violet and green. Red registered as black. Heavy makeup required.

1 artist6 colors

Early Orthochromatic Cinema

International

From the Lumière brothers to the late silent era — all cinema existed in this spectrally limited world.

Ortho stock's blue sensitivity meant blue sky = white, red lips = black. Actors wore green makeup to look 'normal.'

Pigments: Silver

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