Talk:Photochrom

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[edit] Zürich

"Photochrom was developed in Zürich, hence its proper name being spelled without the final 'e,'"

This might need some further explanation; I'm still in the dark. Tombrabbin 09:38, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

People in Zürich write in German (and speak in Swiss German). "Chrom" is (I presume) the German spelling of what would probably be rendered in English as "chrome" (from the Greek for color). It is curious that they used "Photo" rather than "Foto" (which would be the German spelling of the Greek word for light - "Graph" is from the Greek for drawing, BTW)- but that may be the whole Swiss-German thing popping up. - I agree that the statement, as written, is rather cryptic. -- 23:36, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Colorization?

The article does not make clear whether these images include those colors actually perceived by the camera, or whether the colors were chosen after the fact and added by the photographer. EikwaR (talk) 05:30, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah I was wondering that too. Is it the equivalent of a painter painting a colour picture from a black and white, assuming what colours go where, or a method of producing colour for tone variation in the black and white negative? 138.38.217.149 (talk) 11:25, 12 February 2008 (UTC)