1. What is color? What principle did James Clerk Maxwell discover?
2. How was color used in early filmmaking? What were the two major types of colorizing film?
Color is a function of light, and the span of color, or the visible light, can be examined through the Electromagnetic Spectrum. As a result of his experiment, Isaac Newton discovered that all of the color combined can create white light. James Clerk Maxwell, founder of electromagnetism, refined the color theory created by Thomas Young and Herman von Helmholtz by using a colored spinning wheel. In this experiment, Maxwell discovered that the primary color are red, green, and yellow, instead of blue. Before digital colorized film, hand-tinting was a popular in the industry. Because these films were only roughly ten minutes long, though a daunting task, it was a viable option. Some examples of color used in film include Le Voyage Dans La Lune (The Man on the Moon). As films became more produced and hand tinting became a less viable option, toning rose in popularity.
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