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Colour head SWPP Photographic Glossary

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Colour head

A type of head of an enlarger that has a set of three colour filters (cyan/magenta/yellow) that can be adjusted to make a colour print from a negative or transparency It can also be used to produce different paper grades using special variable contrast paper An enlarger illumination system that has built in adjustable filters for colour printing.



 

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