orthochromatic

Adjective

Meaning

Being uniformly sensitive across the entire visible range, and thus reproducing colours faithfully

(photography) Sensitive to all colours except red

Examples

As both of these orthochromatic films were no faster than previous offerings; the improvements were in granularity and sharpness. Source: Internet

However, there are also variant types, such as infrared film (in black and white or false color ); specialist technical films, such as those used for X-rays ; and obsolete processes, such as orthochromatic film. Source: Internet

In 1925, Gevaert introduced an orthochromatic stock with limited color sensitivity and a fully panchromatic stock, Pan-23. Source: Internet

The cross-cutting between panchromatic and orthochromatic stocks caused continuity problems with costume tones and panchromatic film was often avoided. Source: Internet

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