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Negatives

Scope note

Use for photographs, usually on a transparent support, in which the tones or colors are reversed from their appearance in nature. For prints in which tones or colors are reversed, use "negative prints." When a glass plate is painted or drawn on and a photographic print made from it, use "clichés-verre."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000127173

Broader Terms used

<photographs by form>

Equivalent Terms used

negative

Created

13yrs ago

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