Kodak Portra

1998–present

The portrait photographer's film — fine grain, natural flesh tones, soft pastels. Designed for skin.

C-41 process color negative film. Engineered for natural skin rendition. Low contrast, wide latitude.

1 artist6 colors

Kodak Portra

American

Replaced Kodak Vericolor. Became the standard for professional portrait and wedding photography. Still in production.

Color negative film — wider latitude than transparencies. Designed around Caucasian and darker skin tones. Portra 400 is the most popular variant.

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