Gasparcolor
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Gasparcolor was a color film system, developed in 1933 by the Hungarian chemist Dr. Bela Gaspar. It used a subtractive
3-color process on a single film strip, one of the earliest to do so.
During the 1930s and 1940s, it was used primarily in animation, notably by Oskar Fischinger
(Muratti Gets in the Act, 1934; Composition in Blue, 1935), Len Lye
(Birth of a Robot, Rainbow Dance, both 1936), and George Pal
.
William Moritz
, in his article for the Fischinger Archive (see External Links), gives more detail about this history of this color process. The Nazi regime took over Agfa and used some of the Gaspar process without permission. Dr. Gaspar eventually moved to Hollywood and sold his patents to Technicolor
and 3M
.
Subtractive color
A subtractive color model explains the mixing of paints, dyes, inks, and natural colorants to create a full range of colors, each caused by subtracting some wavelengths of light and reflecting the others...
3-color process on a single film strip, one of the earliest to do so.
During the 1930s and 1940s, it was used primarily in animation, notably by Oskar Fischinger
Oskar Fischinger
Oskar Fischinger was a German-American abstract animator, filmmaker, and painter. He made over 50 short animated films, and painted c. 800 canvases, many of which are in museums, galleries and collections worldwide. Among his film works is Motion Painting No. 1 , which is now listed on the...
(Muratti Gets in the Act, 1934; Composition in Blue, 1935), Len Lye
Len Lye
Len Lye, born Leonard Charles Huia Lye , was a Christchurch, New Zealand-born artist known primarily for his experimental films and kinetic sculpture. His films are held in archives such as the New Zealand Film Archive, British Film Institute, Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and the Pacific...
(Birth of a Robot, Rainbow Dance, both 1936), and George Pal
George Pál
George Pal , born György Pál Marczincsak, was a Hungarian-born American animator and film producer, principally associated with the science fiction genre...
.
William Moritz
William Moritz
William Moritz , film historian, specialized in visual music and experimental animation. His principal published works concerned abstract filmmaker and painter Oskar Fischinger...
, in his article for the Fischinger Archive (see External Links), gives more detail about this history of this color process. The Nazi regime took over Agfa and used some of the Gaspar process without permission. Dr. Gaspar eventually moved to Hollywood and sold his patents to Technicolor
Technicolor
Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952...
and 3M
3M
3M Company , formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation based in Maplewood, Minnesota, United States....
.
See also
- Color motion picture film
- List of color film systems
- List of film formats