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panchromatic

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panchromatic
Photog (of an emulsion or film) made sensitive to all colours by the addition of suitable dyes to the emulsion

panchromatic [¦pan·krə′mad·ik]
(graphic arts)
Of a photographic emulsion, film, or plate, sensitive to all wavelengths within the visible spectrum, though not uniformly so.


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In 1928, working with his sons, Max perfected his Panchromatic make-up, which allowed the movie industry to take full advantage of the new, more sensitive, Panchromatic (black and white) film.
Holm was pointing out the differences in shading between orthochromatic and panchromatic film, but I think the corollary is "old photos may be staged so they could fib a little too".
The panchromatic pixels are used to harness the amount of light and the color pixels are used to procure the final image.
 
 
 
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