Capturing Colour: Film, Invention and Wonder 

4 December 2010 to 20 March 2011
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Free admission

We take the moving image in colour for granted, but the search for a way to capture the world in colour is a story of ingenious inventions, personal obsession, magic and illusion, scientific discovery, glamour, hard work and determination.

This new exhibition explores and celebrates the quest for colour on film, from magic lanterns, early colour photography, chromatropes, kromscops and applied colour films, through to Kinemacolor, Kodachrome and Technicolor. ‘Serpentine Dances’, the wonders of the natural world, fairy-tale genies, Hollywood films and home movies all illustrate the stories of our desire to capture the world in colour. Visit Capturing Colour online :-

The exhibition includes rarely seen material from regional, national and private film archives and collections.

Look out for the Magic Box symbol. The Magic Box is a team of young people that have created resources and activities for the exhibition.

Visit Capturing Colour online for more information about film history and its origins in Brighton & Hove

Capturing Colour: Film Invention & Wonder is a collaboration between the Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove and Screen Archive South East. It is funded by Renaissance South East, Screen South and UK Film Council’s Digital Film Archive Fund supported by the National Lottery, University of Brighton and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

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