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Color in photography has come a long way since the first permanent color photo was taking in 1861.
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Unlike black and white photography, which uses a grayscale, sepia toned photos appear on a brown scale.
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One of the early methods of taking color photos was to use three cameras. Each camera would have a color filter in front of the lens.
Color negative film forms a negative (color-reversed) image when exposed, which is permanently fixed during developing.
