[Frameworks] 16mm prints turned pink

[Pip Chodorov]

Yes, mostly print stocks from that period which were cheaply made turn pink.
Negatives also can turn pink and then prints made from them will look green.
The reason is that the blue dyes fade first.
If you need to recover the image, it is possible to scan the prints 
in 2K using an RGB scanner that flashes each frame three times using 
three colored lights, then augment the information from the blue 
layer digitally. Then you can shoot the corrected digital master back 
out to film.
-Pip Chodorov



At 22:00 -0500 17/12/15, Robert Withers wrote:
>Hello Frameworkers,
>I have some 16mm color release prints from the 1970s that have 
>turned pinkish/magenta. Need to check records to see if they're 
>reversal or from negative. And to check reversal camera original and 
>films from 80s/90s. This is a lot of material to go through.