Brian R  Pritchard - Motion Picture and Film Archive Consultant

Kinocolor Dyes for Tinting

British Motion Picture Laboratories

This is a cardboard folder issued by Johnson & Sons, Cross Street, Finsbury, London.  It contains film samples of dyes available to tint films.  It was loaned to me by the late Tony Scott of the former Film and Photo Design.  Johnson & Sons moved to Finsbury in 1927 to Hendon where they eventually became Johns of Hendon.  This folder pre-dates that move as the address on the folder is Finsbury.

Lemon Yellow

Canary Yellow

Light Orange

Pink

Purple

Violet

Dark Orange

Orange Red

Fire Red

Blue

Marine Blue

Blue Green

Crimson

Carmine

Magenta

Emerald

Grass Green

Sap Green

The images above have been scanned from the film samples but have been colour corrected to match the colours of the originals as closely as possible.  It should be remembered that it is quite possible that the dyes might have faded, they are however