color photography

method that uses media capable of representing colors
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color photography
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color photography

Summary

color photography is a photographic technique[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of photographic_technique entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,556 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • color photography's instance of is recorded as photographic technique[3].
  • color photography is a type of photography[4].
  • color photography's Commons category is recorded as Color photography[5].
  • color photography is the opposite of black-and-white photography[6].
  • color photography's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1855[7].
  • color photography's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Color photography[8].
  • color photography's product or material produced is recorded as color photograph[9].
  • color photography's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • color photography's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • color photography's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[12].
  • color photography's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].

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Definition and Type

color photography's instance of is recorded as photographic technique[3]. It is a type of photography[4]. It is the opposite of black-and-white photography[6].

Why It Matters

color photography ranks in the top 6% of photographic_technique entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,556 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Product or material produced color photograph
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    Subclass of photography
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