Kodacolor (still photography)

Kodacolor
Speed	25/15°
Type	Color
Process	proprietary, later known as C-22
Format	120, 620, 116, 616, 127, 35 mm, 122
Introduced	1942
Discontinued	1963

Kodacolor-X (CX)
Speed	64/19° (early) 80/20° (late)
Type	Color
Process	C-22
Format	35 mm, 120, 620, 116, 616, 126, 127, 828
Introduced	1963
Discontinued	1974

Kodacolor II
Speed	80/20° (1972-75) 100/21° (1975-?)
Type	Color
Process	C-41
Format	110, 35 mm, 120, 620, 116, 616, 126, 127, 828
Introduced	1972

Kodacolor 400 (CG)
Speed	400/27°
Type	Color
Process	C-41
Format	110, 35 mm, 120
Introduced	1977

Kodacolor HR
Type	Color
Process	C-41
Format	Disc
Introduced	1982
Discontinued	1983

Kodacolor VR 1000 (CF)
Speed	1000/32°
Type	Color
Process	C-41
Format	35 mm
Introduced	1983
Discontinued	1986

Kodacolor VR 100 (CP)
Speed	100/21°
Type	Color
Process	C-41
Format	35 mm, 120, 110
Introduced	1982
Discontinued	1986

Kodacolor VR 200 (CL)
Speed	200/24°
Type	Color
Process	C-41
Format	35 mm, 120, 620, 127, 126, Disc
Introduced	1982
Discontinued	1986

Kodacolor VR 400 (CM)
Speed	400/27°
Type	Color
Process	C-41
Format	35 mm, 120
Introduced	1982
Discontinued	1986

Kodacolor VR-G 100 (CA)
Speed	100/21°
Type	Color
Process	C-41
Format	35 mm, 120
Introduced	1986

In still photography, Kodak's Kodacolor brand has been associated with various color negative films (i.e., films that produce negatives for making color prints on paper) since 1942. Kodak claims that Kodacolor was "the world's first true color negative film". More accurately, it was the first color negative film intended for making paper prints: in 1939, Agfa had introduced a 35 mm Agfacolor negative film for use by the German motion picture industry, in which the negative was used only for making positive projection prints on 35 mm film. There have been several varieties of Kodacolor negative film, including Kodacolor-X, Kodacolor VR and Kodacolor Gold.

The name "Kodacolor" was originally used for a very different lenticular color home movie system, introduced in 1928 and retired after Kodachrome film made it obsolete in 1935.

Kodacolor is a color negative film that was manufactured by Eastman Kodak between 1942 and 1963. It was the first color negative film that they marketed.

When introduced, Kodacolor was sold with the cost of processing the film included, but prints were ordered separately. Both the film and processing procedures were revised through the years. The speed was increased to 32/16° in the 1950s.

After Kodak lost its anti-trust case in 1954, starting in 1955 processing was no longer included in the price of Kodacolor. Kodak made the processing information (by then C-22 process) and chemicals available to other film processing labs.

While Kodacolor film was normally daylight balanced, for a while starting in 1956 it was balanced in-between daylight and tungsten, to allow use indoors, or with clear flash bulbs. This film used the prefix CU. This was not a great success, and the film returned to daylight balance a few years later.

Kodacolor was also available in Type A, balanced for 3400K photolamps. A suffix of A on the type number indicated Type A, such as C828A.

In 1958, Kodak made Kodacolor available in the 35 mm format. Prior to that, the only 35mm color film it offered was Kodachrome.

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