Louis Ducos du Hauron

Louis Ducos du Hauron (December 8, 1837 РAugust 31, 1920) was a French pioneer of color photography. He was born in Langon, Gironde and he died in Agen. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... An undated color photograph from 1905 to 1915 by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Color photography was explored throughout the 1800s. ... Langon is a commune of the Gironde d̩partement, in France. ... Gironde is a d̩partement in the southwest of France named after the Gironde Estuary. ... For the Agen meteorite of 1814, see Meteorite falls. ...

In the years following his unpublished paper of 1862 he set out practical ways of recording colour images using both additive (red, green, blue) and subtractive (cyan, magenta, yellow) methods. In 1868 he patented some of his methods and in 1869 he wrote Les Couleurs en Photographie. One of his earliest color photographs is the Landscape of Southern France, taken by the subtractive method in 1877. 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Additive color mixing: adding red to green yields yellow; adding yellow to blue yields white. ... Subtractive color mixing An 1877 color photo by Louis Ducos du Hauron, a French pioneer of color photography. ... Media:Example. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

A view of Angoulême, France in 1877 by Louis Ducos du Hauron, a French pioneer of color photography.

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Reference

Coe, Brian Colour Photography. The first hundred years 1840-1940, (1978) Ash & Grant, ISBN 0-904069-24-9