Negative image

Japanese: 陰画 - いんが（英語表記）negative image

The image on a film or dry plate after exposure and development. The light and dark and shading of the subject are the opposite of those of the subject, and the colors of a color negative image are the complementary colors of the subject, for example, red is cyan, blue is yellow, and green is magenta. Also called a negative, a positive image is created by printing and enlarging it to have the same light and dark and colors as the subject.

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Japanese:

撮影，現像処理の終ったフィルム，乾板上の画像のこと。被写体とは明暗，濃淡が逆になり，さらにカラーネガの画像の色は，被写体の色の補色画像で，たとえば赤色はシアン，青色は黄，緑はマゼンタとなっている。単にネガともいい，焼付け，引伸し処理により被写体と同じ明暗，色の陽画をつくる。

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