autochrome plate
autochrome plate
[′ȯd·ō‚krōm ‚plāt] (graphic arts)
A photographic plate once used for direct color photography on coated glass; the glass must be viewed as a transparency, with the image formed in the film of dyed starch grains coating the glass.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.