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THE TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS

  • Historical Overview
    • Additive Synthesis
    • The Investigations of the Lumière Brothers (1891-1895)
    • The Autochrome Patent (1903)
    • The Scientific Principle (1904)
  • The Manufacturing
    • Potato Starch
    • Dyeing the Starch
    • The First Varnish
    • Dusting
    • Lamination
    • The Second Varnish
    • The Emulsion
  • Method of Use
    • Taking the Picture
    • Development
    • Finishing Touches
    • Reproducing the Image
    • Viewing
  • The Evolution of the Autochrome
    • Rise and Fall
    • A Modern Revival
  • From the Granule of Starch to the Pixel
    • Deteriorations
    • Conservation
    • Digitalisation
  • Chronology
  • Photographer's list
  • Collections guide
  • Sources and Bibiography
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Dyeing the Starch

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The trichromatic layer of an Autochrome plate, viewed under microscope
© coll. Jean-Paul Gandolfo