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Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1917 (1910s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ide and Bromide Bleacher (equal partsof the re-agents were used to get a yellowish Sepia). Thisbleacher may run over the outlines. We must then re-developwith an ordinary Bromide Developer, and start afresh. Suppose we have done this part properly, wash, and dry withblotting paper, paint a weak developer over the shadow por-tions, namely neck, under the eyes, junction of hair and face,and wherever we wish to avoid a hard line of color differentia-tion, and as soon as parts begin to develop, and as soon as wejudge they are developed as far as we desire, place the wholeprint in the sulphide solution. Wash, and dry. When the print is dry, then paint, over the cheeks and lipswith the gold solution. This must be very weak, and thepainting must be done very carefully. The colors we have at our disposal areBrowns, obtained by variations of Sulphide toning.Blues, obtained by the Gold & Sulphocyanide bath.Reds, obtained by the Gold & Sulphocyanide bath applied afterSulphide Toning. 196
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Figure i. Illustrating article Color-Toning Bromides, by A. T. Lakin, MA). 197 Greys, this is dependent on the color of the image by the useof weak Rodinal or Metol Developers. Blue-blacks, color of image given by Amidol Developers. Greens. I have not found a satisfactory green toning solution,so I avoid greens as much as possible. Vanadium is thebest for this purpose, and should be applied last, and washedoff as soon as the desired effect has been obtained. The secret of success is to make haste slowly, and do it bit by bit. I dry between each color application.

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