Autochrome

/ˈɔːtəkrəʊm/ noun

An early color photographic process developed in 1907 that used a special glass plate with colored starch grains to capture color images directly.

From auto- (self) + chrome (color, from Greek chroma). Named because the process automatically created color without needing separate color filters or multiple exposures.

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