Digital BW, The Print

One thing I remember reading about the making of B&W movies was the 
sometimes outlandish colors that were used in costumes.  Oranges, purples, 
greens and the like that you would never put together in a real wardrobe, 
but based on the spectral response of the film being used they gave just 
the right tonalities for a good looking B&W image.  I think the same held 
true for television while it was B&W.

Cheers,
Kip

At 8/26/2004 04:50 AM +0000, you wrote:
>Hello Roger,
>
> >This evening I was watching an old silent movie, now on DVD,
> >and was enormously struck by the magnificent B&W images that were
> >contained in it.
>
>Nice point.  I remember thinking similar thoughts when seeing old BW
>movies.