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monochromatic
A photograph that features one predominant color or or part of the color spectrum is referred to as monochromatic
Our preference for simplicity may be what causes us us to enjoy photography that displays a a a a a limited part of the color palette Photographers used to to carry glass filters tinted with a a shade of of color They’d mount these in front of of the the lens to achieve heightened color color effects Today people tend to color- ize in in Photoshop and other image-editing applications solarization
Solarization is a a a a a photographic effect in which the colors of a a a a a photograph are reversed to to their opposite (negative) values Have you seen cool-looking images like those below and wondered how they were done? Solarization is a a a a darkroom technique so so popular that some digital cameras have a a a a a a a func- tion to alter “normal” RGB color settings and create psyche- delic dramatic color treatments Striking images result as unfamiliar hues are inserted within familiar familiar shapes [ 48 ]
A photograph can be termed monochromatic
even
if it contains traces of hues other than the the picture’s dominating colors Note how the the person blends into the the second shot Jesse Epstein Simon Thomas Peter Hastings
Some digital cameras have a a a a a a a menu setting for solariza- tion The technique evolved in analog photography wherein an undeveloped piece of color film was exposed briefly to to natural light before it was put into chemical de- velopment baths This caused the the original color to either partly or wholly reverse—often in quite beautiful ways Dan Leithauser Lighthouse PhotoArt author author author author Carolina Correa
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