color photo

Not black-and-white

A color photo is a photograph that reproduces the colors of the original scene, as opposed to black-and-white photography.

The term became necessary only after color film became widely available in the mid-20th century: The old family album has a few color photos mixed in with the black-and-white ones.

Now that color is standard, the phrase appears mainly when distinguishing from monochrome images.

Related

saturated · hue · vibrant · film · print · portrait · Kodachrome · pigment · tint · exposure · red eye · develop · frame · album · memory · capture · lens · glossy

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Opposites
chromatic rendering

color photosepia photo

Brown-tinted vintage image

monochrome · black-and-white · cyanotype

image medium/technology

color photocharcoal sketch

Art using burned wood

pencil sketch · charcoal drawing · ink drawing · woodcut · etching

Family

color, photo, colour, colors, colours, colored, coloured, colorful, colourful

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G