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When was the first color photograph in history taken?

Question #151647. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Aug 23 2024.
Originally posted Aug 22 2024 8:22 PM.

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Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell in suggested using a three-colour method in 1855. Subsequently, English photographer and inventor Thomas Sutton took a colour photograph of a tartan ribbon in 1861, which was the first such photo.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_photography

Response last updated by gtho4 on Aug 23 2024.
Aug 22 2024, 8:24 PM
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