Color films Film stock

experiments color films made late 19th century, practical color film not commercially viable until 1908, , amateur use when kodak introduced kodachrome 16 mm in 1935 , 8 mm in 1936. before 1941, commercially successful color processes used special cameras loaded black-and-white separation stocks rather color negative. kinemacolor (1908–1914), technicolor processes 1 through 4 (1917–1954), , cinecolor used one, 2 or 3 strips of monochrome film stock sensitized primary colors or exposed behind color filters in special cameras. technicolor introduced color reversal stock, called monopack, location shooting in 1941; 35 mm version of kodachrome used in standard motion picture cameras. eastman kodak introduced first 35mm color negative stock, eastman color negative film 5247, in 1950. higher quality version in 1952, eastman color negative film 5248, adopted hollywood color motion picture production, replacing both expensive three-strip technicolor process , monopack.