New Agfa Color Plate
Description
“New Agfa Color Plate (1923–1932): colored particles very small and not visible to the naked eye, but clumps of particles of the same color give the image a pointillist effect (Fig. 2.62). Unlike with the autochromes, in which the grains are remarkably uniform in size, great variation in the sizes of grains exists in Agfa screen plates. Particles are less clumped than in earlier plates; their size varies from 0.003 to 0.024 mm (BJP 1923). There is no black pigment filler between the colored grains; however, the overlapping of colored particles might form a dark edge around them, especially the red ones. Glass plate supports are thinner than with earlier Agfa Color Plates, between 1.3 and 1.5 mm thick (BJP 1925a).”
(Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, on p. 72.)
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Source: Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, p. 73.
Secondary Sources
Pénichon, Sylvie (2013): Twentieth Century Colour Photographs. The Complete Guide to Processes, Identification & Preservation. London, Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson, on pp. 41–42 View Quote and on p. 72. View Quote
