False color photography

Photo of the Holy Cross Church in Dülmen on infrared color slide film (with red filter) from 1981

False color photography describes a process in which films are used that are sensitive to different spectral ranges in the visible and infrared regions .

The films used for false color photography are similar in structure to conventional slide films , but one of the three usual layers is sensitized for the infrared range. A typical representative of these films, which was also available on the market for amateurs, was the Kodak Ektachrome Infrared Film.

False color photography plays a major role in earth observation , as it can be used to depict different vegetation in particular. For artistic purposes and in the amateur field it is of very little importance and belongs to the more experimental techniques .

See also

• False colors
• Infrared photography

Web links

• http://www.wissen-digital.de/Falschfarbenfotografie
• http://www.edumagazin.de/Falschfarbenfotografie/Falschfarbenfotografie.html

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Data sheet KODAK EKTACHROME Professional Infrared EIR Film , PDF. Retrieved May 7, 2015.