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Negatives (Photographs)


  • Photographs in which the tonal values are reversed from their appearance in nature and are intended to be used to produce positive prints.

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  • Form

    • Negatives (Photographs)

  • Variants

    • Photographic negatives
    • Photonegatives

  • Broader Terms

  • Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

  • Sources

    • found: Art & architecture thesaurus online, May 24, 2018(negatives (photographs); variants: negative (photograph); photographic negatives; photonegatives; note: Photographs in which the tones or colors are reversed from their appearance in nature, usually on a transparent support of celluloid, acetate, or on paper, intended for the purpose of producing positive prints.)
    • found: LCSH, May 24, 2018(Photography--Negatives; UF Negatives; RT Photography--Developing and developers)
    • found: Thesaurus for graphic materials, May 24, 2018(Negatives; UF Photonegatives; BT Photographs; NT Film negatives; Glass negatives; Paper negatives; Pellicles; note: Photographs in which the tonal values are the opposite of those in the subject to which the negative was exposed. Their purpose is to be a matrix for obtaining multiple positive images of the subject.)

  • General Notes

    • Photographs in which the tonal values are reversed from their appearance in nature and are intended to be used to produce positive prints.

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  • Change Notes

    • 2019-02-12: new
    • 2019-04-09: revised

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