List of color film systems

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This is a list of color film formats known to have been developed for shooting or viewing color motion pictures since the development of such photographic technology towards the end of the 19th century.

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Process: The name of the process as advertised by the company (alternate names in the "notes" section
Year: Earliest known year of completion (based on patents, general announcements, film premieres).
Projection method: falls into four, distinct categories, as well as how many primary colors were represented in the process:
Additive: Projected as black and white records on film through filters, thus recomposing color on the screen.
Subtractive: Color is printed on the film and projected as such.
Lenticular (additive): Color which is registered on a specialized film through thousands of minute "lenses" embedded into the base, opposite the emulsion. Film was shot and projected through a tri-color banded filter.
Mosaic (additive): An embossed screen is used to separate colors into "fields" on a black and white film stock. While either added directly on the film or on a lens, the projection is additive through a screen of the same embossment.
Inventor: or inventors of the process.
Introductory film: the first known public showing of the color process.

Process	Year	Projection method	Inventor(s)	Introductory film
Joly Color Screen	1895	Mosaic	Sir John Joly	N/A (Experimental)
Utocolor	1895	Subtractive (3 color)	Dr. J.H. Smith	N/A (Experimental)
Lee-Turner Color	1898	Additive (3 color)	Frederick Marshall Lee Raymond Turner	N/A (Experimental)
Kromoscope	1900	Additive (3 color)	Frederick E. Ives	Unknown
Kinemacolor	1906	Additive (2 color)	Edward R. Turner George Albert Smith	A Visit to the Seaside (1908)
Warner-Powrie	1906	Mosaic	John Hutchison Powrie	Untitled film (1928)
Biocolour	1908	Additive (3 color)	William Friese-Greene	The Earl of Camelot (1914)
Keller-Dorian	1908	Lenticular	Albert Keller-Dorian Franzosen Rodolphe Berthon	Unknown
Cinecolorgraph	1912	Subtractive (2 color)	A. Hernandez-Mejia	Unknown
Brewster Color	1913	Subtractive (2 color)	Percy Douglas Brewster	Unknown
Chronochrome aka: Gaumont Color	1913	Additive (3 color)	Leon Gaumont	Victory Parade in Paris (1919)
Prizma (I)	1913	Additive (2 color)	William van Doren Kelley	Our Navy (1917)
Cinechrome	1914	Additive (3 color)	Colin Bennett	Prince of Wales in India (1921)
Kodachrome (I)	1916	Subtractive (2 color)	John G. Capstaff Eastman-Kodak	Unknown
Technicolor (I)	1916	Additive (2 color)	Daniel F. Comstock Herbert Kalmus W. Burton Wescott	The Gulf Between (1917)
Douglass Color	1918	Additive (2 color)	Leon Forrest Douglass	Nature Scenes (1918) and Cupid Angling (1918)
Kesdacolor	1918	Subtractive (2 color)	William van Doren Kelley Carroll H. Dunning	American Flag (1918)
Prizma (II)	1918	Subtractive (2 color)	William van Doren Kelley	The Glorious Adventure (1921)
Zoechrome	1920	Subtractive (3 color)	T.A. Mills	Unknown
ColorCraft	1921	Subtractive (2 color)	W.H. Peck	Unknown
Polychromide	1922	Additive (2 color)	Aron Hamburger	Unknown
Technicolor (II)	1922	Subtractive (2 color)	Daniel F. Comstock Joseph A. Ball Leonard T. Troland Jarvis M. Andrews	The Toll of the Sea (1922)
Kelleycolor	1926	Subtractive (2 color)	William van Doren Kelley Max Handschiegl	Unknown
Busch Color	1928	Additive (2 color)		Unknown
Harriscolor	1928	Subtractive (2 color)	William Van Doren Kelley	Unknown
Kodacolor	1928	Lenticular	Franzosen Rodolphe Berthon	N/A (16mm only)
Raycol	1928	Additive (2 color)	Maurice Elvey	The Skipper of the Osprey (1933)
Splendicolor	1928	Subtractive (3 color)		Unknown
Technicolor (III)	1928	Subtractive (2 color)	Daniel F. Comstock	The Viking (1928)
Finlay Color (I)	1929	Mosaic	Clare Finlay	Unknown
Horst Color	1929	Additive (3 color)	L. Horst	Unknown
Multicolor	1929	Subtractive (2 color)	William T. Crespinel	Unknown
Cinechrome	1930	Unknown	Cinecolor Ltd.	Unknown
Cineoptichrome	1930	Additive (2 color)	Lucien Roux Armand Roux	Unknown
Dascolor	1930	Subtractive (2 color)	M. L. F. Dassonville	Unknown
Harmonicolor	1930	Additive (2 color)	Maurice Combs	Unknown
Hirlicolor	1930	Subtractive (2 color)	George A. Hirliman	Unknown
Photocolor	1930	Subtractive (2 color)		Unknown
Pilney Color	1930	Subtractive (2 color)		Unknown
Sennettcolor	1930	Subtractive (2 color)	Mack Sennett (financier)	Unknown
Sirius Color	1930	Subtractive (2 color)	L. Horst	Unknown
UFAcolor aka: Chemicolor, Spectracolor	1930	Unknown	UFA Studios	Pagliacci (1930)
Vitacolor	1930	Additive (2 color)	William Van Doren Kelley Max B. Du Pont (financier)	Unknown
Chimicolor	1931	Subtractive (3 color)	Syndicate de la Cinematographe des Couleurs	Unknown
Dufaycolor	1931	Mosaic	Louis Dufay Dufay-Chromex Co.	Unknown
DuPack	1931	Subtractive (2 color)	DuPont Co.	Unknown
Finlay Color (II) aka: Finlaychrome	1931	Mosaic	Clare Finlay	Unknown
AGFAcolor (I)	1932	Lenticular	AGFA	N/A (16mm only)
Cinecolor (I)	1932	Subtractive (2 color)	William T. Crispinel Alan M. Gundelfinger	Unknown Island (1948)
Technicolor (IV)	1932	Subtractive (3 color)	Joseph A. Ball	Flowers and Trees (1932)
Morgana Color	1932	Additive (3 color)	Bell and Howell	N/A (16mm only)
Gasparcolor	1933	Subtractive (3 color)	Bela Gaspar	Kreise (1933) and Muratti Greift Ein (1934)
Francita Process aka: Opticolor (UK)	1935	Additive (2 color)	British Realita Syndica, Ltd.	Unknown (July 1935, Paris, France)
Kodachrome (II)	1935	Subtractive (3 color)	Eastman-Kodak	N/A (16mm only)
Telco-Color	1936	Subtractive (3 color)		Cavalcade of Texas (1938)
Unknown Soviet Process	1936	Subtractive (2 color)	Unknown	Nightingale (1936)
Dunningcolor	1937	Subtractive (3 color)	Carroll H. Dunning Dodge Dunning	Tehauntepec (1937)
AGFAColor (II) aka: Sovcolor, Chrome Color Art Chrome Color	1939	Subtractive (3 color)	I.G. Farben	Frauen sind doch bessere Diplomaten (1939-41)
Cosmocolor	1940	Subtractive (2 color)	Otto C. Gilmore	Isle of Destiny (1940)
Thomascolor	1942	Additive (3 color)	Richard Thomas	Unknown
Cinefotocolor	1947	Additive (2 color)		Unknown
Fullcolor	1947	Subtractive (3 color)		The Goldwyn Follies (1947 reissue)
Rouxcolor	1947	Additive (3 color)	Lucien Roux Armand Roux	The Miller's Daughter (1948)
Cinecolor (II) aka: SuperCineColor	1948	Subtractive (3 color)	Alan M. Gundelfinger	The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951)
Konicolor	1948	Subtractive (3 color)	Konishi Roku
Magicolor	1948	Subtractive (3 color)		The Magic Horse (1948)
Polacolor	1948	Subtractive (3 color)	Polaroid Corp.	Unknown
Technichrome	1948	Subtractive (2 Color)	Technicolor Company of England	The Olympic Games of 1948
Trucolor (II)	1948	Subtractive (3 color)	Republic Pictures Consolidated Film Industries	This Is Korea! (1951)
Eastman Color	1950	Subtractive (3 color)	Eastman Kodak	Royal Journey (1952)
Ansco Color	1952	Subtractive (3 color)	General Aniline and Film Corp.	Climbing the Matterhorn (1948)
Dugromacolor	1952	Additive (3 color)	Dumas, Grosset, and Marx	Unknown
Ferraniacolor	1952	Subtractive (3 color)		Toto A Colori (1952)
Fox Lenticular Film	1953	Lenticular	Twentieth Century-Fox	N/A (experimental)
Fujicolor	1953	Subtractive (3 color)		Adventure of Natsuko (1953)