You can get gel filter sets to use in B&W enlargers for printing color, At least they used to be available.
It's been a few years since I did any color printing in a darkroom. The color paper used to have a starting point
for filtration on a data sheet for each batch, (still a lot easier with a color head). I got the best results with home Cibachrome
(now Ilfochrome I would guess), kits. More traditional reversal materials were a bit more temperature sensitive, which made
it much harder to get good results.


D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote:

Peter J. Alling advised:


D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote:


I don't know whether this is a strange question or not ...
Assuming I don't want to make any changes to the colours I
see on the slide, can I print from a slide using an enlarger
designed for black-and-white (i.e. one that doesn't have the
set of colour-printing filter)?


Sorry it won't work that way, you'll still need to compensate for difference in the color sensitivities in
the paper batch.



Oh well, at least my question had a simple answer. Thank you. I had a feeling it wouldn't be that easy, but figured I had to ask just in case.

                                        -- Glenn






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