Orthochromatic Era
1895–1927The 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.'