Eastman-kodak Company

Joseph E LaBarca

James L Edwards

Paul T Hahm

Donald R Diehl

Mitchell J Bogdanowicz

Pamela M Ferguson

Roupen H Maronian

The invention relates to a method of improved burning and dodging comprising providing a color photographic element that prior to development has CIELAB coordinates such that L* is greater than 71, exposing said paper, wherein during exposure burning and dodging is carried out.

Method for use of light colored undeveloped photographic element

The invention is accomplished by forming balanced cyan, magenta, and yellow coupler and emulsion mixes. There is at least one layer in which silver halide emulsion has been sensitized to blue light or silver halide emulsion sensitive to green light. Regardless of the color sensitivity of the silver halide layer that contains silver contains a mix of cyan, magenta, and yellow dye-forming couplers. Further, in order to have a black-and-white image that has a lightness such as observed by the human eye in a scene, it is preferred that the ratios of red sensitive emulsion to green sensitive emulsion to blue sensitive emulsion in the photographic element is about 2:3:1.

Color correcting layers consisting essentially of at least one

Chromogenic black-and-white photographic imaging systems

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Joseph E LaBarca