The first color photograph [1861]


We talked earlier about the first photograph in the history. Now we present you the first color photograph taken by photographer Thomas Sutton under direct supervision of James Clerk Maxwell (nineteen century mathematician) - the famous author of Maxwell Equations.

Maxwell discovered that color photographs could be formed using red, green, and blue filters. He had the photographer Thomas Sutton photograph a tartan ribbon three times, each time with a different color filter over the lens. The three images were developed and then projected onto a screen with three different projectors, each equipped with the same color filter used to take its image. When brought into focus, the three images formed a full color image. The three photographic plates now reside in a small museum at 14 India Street, Edinburgh, the house where Maxwell was born.

The first color photograph [1961]

Photographer: Thomas Sutton
Source: wikipedia.org

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13 Responses
Monkey says:

1961!? oh just a typo, according to wikipedia its 1861

Monday, October 8th, 2007 at 1:11 pm"  
anonymus says:

The year was 1861

Monday, October 8th, 2007 at 1:13 pm"  
wfp says:

tired, sorry, fixed.

Monday, October 8th, 2007 at 1:23 pm"  
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Monday, October 8th, 2007 at 2:33 pm"  
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 at 10:58 pm"  
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Friday, October 12th, 2007 at 11:29 am"  
The World’s First Color Photograph at The Internet Journalist says:

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Friday, October 12th, 2007 at 4:57 pm"  
DEANE says:

VERY NICE COLOR FOR THE TIME

Saturday, October 13th, 2007 at 3:18 am"  
fishmond says:

where the heck is green?

Saturday, November 17th, 2007 at 9:16 am"  
Peter Ramsey says:

1. Primary Colors are Red, Blue and Yellow.
2. Secondary colors are purple, green and orange.

For example: red and blue makes purple, blue and yellow makes green.
Question: how do you make orange?

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 at 1:28 am"  
Nubo says:

Peter, there are 2 sets of primary colors. The ones you list are for mixing pigments and paint. The primary colors for mixing *light* are Red, Green, and Blue.

To make Orange with paint, you mix Red and Yellow.

To make Orange with light, you mix Red with a lesser portion of Green.

Sunday, January 6th, 2008 at 10:15 am"  
Racerx says:

Hey Nubo,
That is absolutely correct.
Remember the old RGB monitors?
You’re a smart guy.
Lots of people don’t know, either one way or the other that there are 2 sets
of primary colors.
Me

Thursday, January 24th, 2008 at 7:18 pm"  
Jessi says:

I wish every thing would go back to Black and White. it was much simpler, its just seem’s nice.

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 at 9:36 pm"  

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