How does film capture color?

How does film capture color?

Mark Comon (Vice President, Paul's Photo, Torrance, CA) gives expert video advice on: What's the difference between a film camera and a digital camera?; Why are some people still buying film cameras? and more...

Film captures colour just like digital does. On film we have three different dye layers - sand, magenta, and yellow, and as the light comes through the light strikes each layer. The light is captured by the layer according to what light it is. So, when the film is developed it gives us a full range of exposure; a full range of color, because we have the sand, magenta, yellow. Just like in a digital camera, we have the digital chip, which has the red, the green, and the blue, or RGB pixel. Works the same way, just a little different technology.