Ansco Color
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Ansco Color was a mid-20th-century color motion picture film process and stock developed by the Ansco company as an alternative to more dominant systems like Technicolor and Eastmancolor.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
color film stock
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color motion picture film process ⓘ |
| alternativeTo |
Eastmancolor
NERFINISHED
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Technicolor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brandOwner | General Aniline & Film Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
motion picture film technology
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obsolete film format ⓘ |
| colorReproduction | three-color ⓘ |
| colorStability |
comparable to other early monopack color stocks
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less archival than Technicolor dye-transfer prints ⓘ |
| colorType |
monopack color negative-positive system
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subtractive color process ⓘ |
| competesWith | Kodak color motion picture stocks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| developer | Ansco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionForm |
negative-positive system
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release prints on color-positive stock ⓘ |
| dominance | less commercially dominant than Eastmancolor ⓘ |
| filmGauge |
16 mm film
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35 mm film ⓘ |
| formatType | photochemical film process ⓘ |
| historicalEra | post–World War II film technology ⓘ |
| imageCapture | single-strip camera negative ⓘ |
| imageCharacteristics |
moderate color saturation
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visible grain typical of mid-century color stocks ⓘ |
| inception | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Ansco Division of General Aniline & Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs |
lower-cost alternative to Technicolor
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single-strip alternative to three-strip Technicolor ⓘ |
| processing | proprietary Ansco color chemistry ⓘ |
| processingLocation | specialized color laboratories ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Agfa color film technology
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Anscochrome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
later Kodak Eastman color negatives
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more advanced color negative stocks ⓘ |
| status | discontinued film process ⓘ |
| technologyLineage | derived from still-photography Ansco color films ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfUse | approximately 1940s–1960s ⓘ |
| usedBy |
independent film producers
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some low- to mid-budget studios ⓘ |
| usedFor | motion picture production ⓘ |
| usedIn |
American motion picture industry
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documentary films ⓘ feature films ⓘ short subjects ⓘ some international productions ⓘ |
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