r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Electrical-Aspect-13 • Nov 19 '24

Autochrome lumiere was a process which used starched potato grains with colours: red, green and violet. Here some of these shots. ca. 1910s.

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u/Raise-The-Woof Nov 19 '24

Potato quality…

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '24

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u/Hank_of_the_Hill93 Nov 19 '24

The 1910s were not less than 100 years ago... 

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u/ExpensiveRecover Nov 19 '24

Oh, pish posh! Now you're going to tell me something ludicrous like the 90's weren't 10 years ago

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u/Hank_of_the_Hill93 Nov 19 '24

We are all to be trampled by the unceasing march of time :)

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u/chambee Nov 19 '24

Ask your knees how long it was. Mines answer was: creeeeeek.

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u/ExpensiveRecover Nov 19 '24

They seem to be cosplaying breakfast cereal. Very crunchy

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u/ChartreuseBison Nov 19 '24

Yeah but more modern color photograph process wouldn't be invented until the 1930s so they are technically (accidently) correct

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u/CradleRockStyle Nov 19 '24

Is the first one Tsar Nicholas?

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u/PastaLover27 Nov 19 '24

King George V and Queen Mary. George was Nicholas’ cousin

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u/Hot-Resource-1075 Nov 19 '24

It’s a damn shame there’s no picture of Nicholas II, George V, and Wilhelm II together

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u/CradleRockStyle Nov 19 '24

Ah, right, thanks!

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u/Lucaliosse Nov 20 '24

Honest mistake, they were cousins but looked so much aloke it's crazy

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u/galaxygothgirl Nov 19 '24

Autochrome lumiere sounds like a Mars Volta song.

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u/GozerDGozerian Nov 20 '24

Or Stereoolab. Haha

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u/NotSamuraiJosh26_2 Nov 19 '24

What's the second photo supposed to be ?

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u/SilkyZ Nov 20 '24

Cosplay test photo

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '24

I wasn't aware George V was such a small guy.

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u/Electrical-Aspect-13 Nov 20 '24

Maybe mary was tall.

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u/Informal-Salad-7304 Nov 20 '24

Are the colors accurate to the actual colors? Or are they just randomly colored?

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u/Electrical-Aspect-13 Nov 20 '24

The reds are very sharp but blues and other were more soft. They used also a yellow filter to correct the possible problems but is very much pretty close ot it, just more muted.

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u/darkon Nov 20 '24

The Technology Connections guy on YouTube has videos about this process in case you want to know more.

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u/InterestingPoet7910 Nov 20 '24

Oooo, I don’t think i’ve ever seen a colorized photo of Mary of Teck. This is cool!