Method of producing duplicate color positives by means of a conformed color corrected negative

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING A SUBTRACTIVE MULTICOLOR POSITIVE PRINT, OF SATISFACTORY COLOR RENDITION AND CONTRAST FOR PROJECTING PURPOSES, FROM A SUBTRACTIVELY MULTICOLORED POSITIVE TRANSPARENT ORIGINAL HAVING AN IMAGE GRADIENT BETWEEN 1.5 AND 1.6. WHICH COMPRISES PLACING THE POSITIVE IN REGISTRY WITH A NEGATIVE SILVER COLOR CORRECTION MASK PREPARED BY EXPOSING A BLACK AND WHITE FILM THROUGH SAID POSITIVE ORIGINAL WITH LIGHT HAVING A CONTINUOUS BAND RANGING FROM THE GREEN TO THE RED REGIONS OF THE SPECTRUM AND DEVELOPING SAID BLACK AND WHITE FILM TO A GRADIENT BETWEEN 0.4 AND 0.6, PRINTING THE SAID MASKED ORIGINAL ONTO A FINE GRAIN MULTICOLOR NEGATIVE FILM HAVING SUPERIMPOSED SILVER HALIDE EMULSIONS, THE INNERMOST OF WHICH IS SENSITIZED FOR RED AND CONTAINS A COLOR FORMER FOR PRODUCING A CYAN IMAGE, THE INTERMEDIATE LAYER OF WHICH IS SENSITIZED FOR GREEN AND CONTAINS A COLOR FORMER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A MAGENTA IMAGE, AND THE OUTERMOST LAYER OF WHICH IS SENSITIZED FOR BLUE AND CONTAINS A COLOR FORMER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A YELLOW IMAGE, PROCESSING SAID NEGATIVE FILM BY DEVELOPMENT IN A PRIMARY AROMATIC AMINO COLOR DEVELOPER, BLEACHING AND FIXING THE SAME TO A COLOR CORREACTED NEGATIVE HAVING AN IMAGE GRADIENT BETWEEN 1.0 AND 1.1, PRINTING THE COLOR CORRECTED NEGATIVE ONTO A MULTILAYER COLOR POSITIVE FILM HAVING A GRADIENT BETWEEN 2.8 AND 3.0. AND PROCESSING THE PRINTED POSITIVE FILM BY COLOR DEVELOPMENT TO A SUBTRACTIVELY MULTICOLORED POSITIVE PRINT HAVING AN IMAGE GRADIENT BETWEEN 2.8 AND 3.2.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING A SUBTRACTIVE MULTICOLOR POSITIVE PRINT, OF SATISFACTORY COLOR RENDITION AND CONTRAST FOR PROJECTING PURPOSES, FROM A SUBTRACTIVELY MULTICOLORED POSITIVE TRANSPARENT ORIGINAL HAVING AN IMAGE GRADIENT BETWEEN 1.5 AND 1.6. WHICH COMPRISES PLACING THE POSITIVE IN REGISTRY WITH A NEGATIVE SILVER COLOR CORRECTION MASK PREPARED BY EXPOSING A BLACK AND WHITE FILM THROUGH SAID POSITIVE ORIGINAL WITH LIGHT HAVING A CONTINUOUS BAND RANGING FROM THE GREEN TO THE RED REGIONS OF THE SPECTRUM AND DEVELOPING SAID BLACK AND WHITE FILM TO A GRADIENT BETWEEN 0.4 AND 0.6, PRINTING THE SAID MASKED ORIGINAL ONTO A FINE GRAIN MULTICOLOR NEGATIVE FILM HAVING SUPERIMPOSED SILVER HALIDE EMULSIONS, THE INNERMOST OF WHICH IS SENSITIZED FOR RED AND CONTAINS A COLOR FORMER FOR PRODUCING A CYAN IMAGE, THE INTERMEDIATE LAYER OF WHICH IS SENSITIZED FOR GREEN AND CONTAINS A COLOR FORMER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A MAGENTA IMAGE, AND THE OUTERMOST LAYER OF WHICH IS SENSITIZED FOR BLUE AND CONTAINS A COLOR FORMER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A YELLOW IMAGE, PROCESSING SAID NEGATIVE FILM BY DEVELOPMENT IN A PRIMARY AROMATIC AMINO COLOR DEVELOPER, BLEACHING AND FIXING THE SAME TO A COLOR CORREACTED NEGATIVE HAVING AN IMAGE GRADIENT BETWEEN 1.0 AND 1.1, PRINTING THE COLOR CORRECTED NEGATIVE ONTO A MULTILAYER COLOR POSITIVE FILM HAVING A GRADIENT BETWEEN 2.8 AND 3.0. AND PROCESSING THE PRINTED POSITIVE FILM BY COLOR DEVELOPMENT TO A SUBTRACTIVELY MULTICOLORED POSITIVE PRINT HAVING AN IMAGE GRADIENT BETWEEN 2.8 AND 3.2.