Re: "gold toned" gelatin silver print

Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Tue, 10 Jun 1997 00:00:12 -0400 (EDT)

On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Luis Nadeau wrote:
> >It didn't look like prints that I have seen toned with the commercially
> >available Kodak gold toner. The image had an appealing shimmering metallic
> >look, and some of the highlight areas had a slight gold color. It really
> >stood out from the other silver prints nearby.

> He is a wellknown Canadian photographer and he is represented by Jane
> Corkin in Toronto. You don't remember the date on the print? It's likely
> that the paper he used is no longer available. I might be able to dig out
> his address somewhere. Others on this list, in Toronto, might have more
> info.

Sounds to me like it may not have been the element gold as much as a
plating out of the silver into a goldish look. A commercial formula for
doing this is Halochrome, made, if I recall correctly, by Rockland
Colloid.

Judy