Collection: Black & White Film

Black & White film records all colors of the visible spectrum as gray tones, accurately representing the scene as the human eye sees it. Panchromatic film was introduced in 1904 and was used in motion pictures. Orthochromatic film produce images that accurately represent the relative light intensities of different colors, as they appear to the human eye.. In images taken with orthochromatic materials, reds and oranges appear darker than blues and greens of the same brightness.