Composite color photography

Claim 1

THE PROCESS FOR MAKING A COMPOSITE COLOR PHOTOGRAPH WITHOUT USING A DENSE FOREGROUND MATTE, WHICH PROCESS COMPRISES MAKING A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF A BACKGROUND SCENE, MAKING RESPECTIVE RED, GREEN AND BLUE COLOR SEPARATION NEGATIVES OF A FOREGROUND SCENE ILLUMINATED BY ESSENTIALLY WHITE LIGHT BEFORE A BACKING ILLUMINATED BY SUBSTANTIALLY PURE BLUE LIGHT, PRODUCING FROM THE GREEN AND RED NEGATIVES RESPECTIVE GREEN AND RED COLOR SEPARATION POSITIVES HAVING DENSE BACKGROUND AREAS CORRESPONDING TO THE BLUE BACKING ILLUMINATION, EXPOSING AN ACTINIC LAYER TO LIGHT TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE BLUE NEGATIVE AND A GREEN POSITIVE IN SUPERPOSITION AND DEVELOPING THE ACTINIC LAYER TO PRODUCE A COLOR DIFFERENCE MASK HAVING DENSITIES AT ITS RESPECTIVE FOREGROUND AREAS THAT CORRESPOND ESSENTIALLY TO THE DENSITIES OF A BLUE COLOR SEPARATION POSITIVE MINUS THE DENSITIES OF A GREEN COLOR SEPARATION POSITIVE, THE BACKGROUND AREA OF THE COLOR DIFFERENCE MASK BEING ESSENTIALLY CLEAR, PRINTING THE BLUE COMPONENT OF THE FOREGROUND SCENE BY EXPOSURE THROUGH A GREEN COLOR SEPARATION POSITIVE AND THE COLOR DIFFERENCE MASK IN SUPERPOSITION, THE DENSE BACKGROUND AREA OF THAT GREEN SEPARATION POSITIVE ACTING AS A FOREGROUND MATTE DURING SUCH EXPOSURE, PRINTING THE GREEN AND RED COLOR COMPONENTS OF THE FOREGROUND SCENE BY EXPOSURE THROUGH RESPECTIVE GREEN AND RED COLOR SEPARATION POSITIVES, THE DENSE BACKGROUND AREAS THEREOF ACTING AS FOREGROUND MATTES DURING SUCH PRINTING, PRODUCING A DENSE BACKGROUND MATTE, AND PRINTING THE BACKGROUND SCENE BY EXPOSURE THROUGH THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE BACKGROUND SCENE AND THE BACKGROUND MATTE IN SUPERPOSITION.