process. Instead of filters, they
used a prism to separate light
into three colors. This three-
color process would record three
separate strips of film, one for
each color. The three strips were
then layered on top of each other
to provide color.
Becky Sharp
(1935)
was the first feature film to be shot
entirely using this process.
THINK ABOUT IT
By the mid-1900s, most
movies were made in color. But
even today, some filmmakers
shoot black-and-white movies.
Why do you think that is? Why
would anyone choose black-
and-white over color?
2
Number of colors
Technicolor used for
its first color film process.
The colors were red
and green.
• Some early movies were
hand-painted to give them
color.
• Edward Turner made color
movies by using colored
filters.
• Technicolor’s three-color
system used a prism
to shoot three strips
of film.
Edward Turner
and his color
projector.
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