orthochromatic
Adjective
Meaning
Being uniformly sensitive across the entire visible range, and thus reproducing colours faithfully
(photography) Sensitive to all colours except red
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As both of these orthochromatic films were no faster than previous offerings; the improvements were in granularity and sharpness.
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.
In 1925, Gevaert introduced an orthochromatic stock with limited color sensitivity and a fully panchromatic stock, Pan-23.
The cross-cutting between panchromatic and orthochromatic stocks caused continuity problems with costume tones and panchromatic film was often avoided.