Evening star., 1924-09-01

wire or radio, fine parallel lines are
used In the place of the printers
dots. The process Of reproducing the
color effect is Identical. except that
the radio at the receiving station
uses films Of red, blue and yellow.
negatives. This light is focused
upon the stereoptican screen from
the three negatives, simultaneously,
one upon the other.
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The superimposing of the three
colors from separate color negatives
Is In use in the movies" with charm
ing effect. Instead of the film being
a successful of single pictures, each
negative fs In triplet- for the red.
blue and yellow rays, respectively.
AS the three beams Of light pass out
OF the. protector, each beam passes
proper primary color; the beams, now
colored red, blue and yellow, respect
lively, focus, superimposed, upon the
stage screen, producing not only the
primary colors in their purity, but
all the soft blends of painting. AS
painter blends his pigments upon
mis- palette and applies the mixture
| to his canvas, SO the movie protector
plends Its colors upon the stage
screen. The colors, thus already blend
ed, reach the eye, but with modified
brilliance.
1t has long been taught that when
all the prismatic colors are combined
| they produce pure white, and when
the prism analyzes a white sunbeam.
lt breaks 1t into "all the colors of
the rainbow" but no artist ever sue
ceeded in mixing upon his palette
all the colors of the rainbow" and
making white-all make mud"
II the separate colors are put upon
segments of disk, and the disk set
In rapid revolution, the red. blue and
yellow are lost and pure white is
produced In the eyes of the beholder;
thus demonstrating how much better
| Is the retina for the mixing Of colors
| than the artists palette.
The modern impressionist painter.
Following the method of the great
French colorist, Manet, puts his pure
| colors upon his canvas in little dots
| or splotches, in juxtaposition. They
blend only In the eye of the beholder.
thereby preserving greater purity and
brilliance OF effect The Manet dis
coyery has not yet been applied to
color Photography nor to "color pic
ture transmission" for in all such
| cases the separate colors are SUPER
imposed instead OF justaposed-the
blending being done upon the paper
| or screen, rather than in the eyes. AS
expressed by a famous artist: The
greatest person in a picture is light" p"
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The process of reproduction of COL
ors, either in photography or print
ing. has nothing to do with the proc
esses of transmitting negatives or
scenes over long distances, either by
wire or by the Jenkins method of
| radio broadcasting. While the wire
transmission will carry the picture
from one point to another single
| point. the radio broadcasting will fill
all the ether with the so-called
color" negatives. from which a thou
sand or ten thousand stations can
tune in" and record pictures for plates
| which will print three-color process
pictures, provided they are equipped
with the special receiving apparatus.
The old timer who thought he was
painting the town red has lost his
occupation, since the radio can now
paint the whole contine Mt red. yellow
and blue in a minute-or rather paint
the cher with its radio waves.
Copyright. 1924. BY Paul V. Collins)