What is "kodachrome"

Kodachrome \Ko"da*chrome`\ (k[=o]"d[a^]*kr[=o]m`), n. [A trademark.] A brand of photographic transparency bearing a positive color image.

Kodachrome is a brand name for a non-substantive, color reversal film introduced by Eastman Kodak in 1935. It was one of the first successful color materials and was used for both cinematography and still photography. Because of its complex processing requirements, the film was sold process-paid in the United States until 1954 when a legal ruling prohibited this. Elsewhere, this arrangement continued. For many years it was used for professional color photography, especially for images intended for publication in print media. Because of the growth and popularity of alternative photographic materials, its complex processing requirements, and the widespread transition to digital photography, Kodachrome lost its market share, its manufacturing was discontinued in 2009 and its processing ended in December 2010.

Kodachrome was a brand of color transparency film sold by Kodak.

Kodachrome may also refer to the following things named after the film:

• "Kodachrome" (song), a song by Paul Simon from his 1973 album There Goes Rhymin' Simon
• Kodachrome Basin State Park in Utah.
• The color-scheme for the Southern Pacific Santa Fe Railroad (whose colors were the same as those of the Kodachrome film packaging).

"Kodachrome" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was the lead single from his third studio album, There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973), released on Columbia Records.