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Re: Japanese Gold Tone Picture

Posted By: John R
Posted Date: Nov 05, 2010 (10:51 AM)

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Your photograph was made on a gold colored paper
that was coated with light sensitive silver, the
same as any black and white photograph. Several
specialty papers were available for this type of
image. A gold toned photograph would have a very
cool tone to it. Gold chloride would be diluted
and then the finished photograph would be put
into the solution. The gold would bond to the
silver making it even more impervious to fading.
Gold toning was most often used on winter and
water scenes as the resulting tone was a cool blue, with the whites unaffected.

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