The First Color Photograph

1. Find the image (first color photograph) and post to your blog.

2. Name the photographer and the year. Taken in 1861 by Thomas Sutton.

3. What was the subject of the photograph, and what is the traditional name for the pattern?The subject is a colored ribbon, usually described as a tartan ribbon, the three-color method.

4. What three colors were the filters he used to project the image? Red, Green. and Blue.