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Old 05-29-2012, 01:20 PM
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Technicolor used Yellow, Cyan, and Magenta as its primary colors, with a B/W contrast on the base print. Thats why the soundtrack is nearly always black and white on a Technicolor print. They used cyan soundtracks early on, but they could never get past the low quality of the playback.

Technicolor has a very interesting history. I've got the book, Glorious Technicolor, in my collection library.

As of right now, I have 185 Technicolor prints in my collection. They are as beautiful today as the day they were printed... some are over 50 years old!!
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