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Kodachrome

American  
[koh-duh-krohm] / ˈkoʊ dəˌkroʊm /
Trademark.
  1. a brand of positive color transparency.


noun

  1. (lowercase) a positive color transparency.

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Besides Kodachrome film and a Leica camera, Mr. Eggleston had an ace up his sleeve when producing his images: the dye-transfer process.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

Drive south from San Francisco with a motel geek — which you’re now doing, by the way — and the born-again motel variations roll past like Kodachrome images in a slide show.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2025

In Miami, McCartney’s photos burst into Kodachrome color and the newly minted celebrities seem to bloom in glamorous new surroundings: lounging poolside, sipping scotch and riding around in motorboats.

From New York Times Feb. 9, 2024

Those shared traits coalesced into Cuffey finding himself with more than 100,000 photos, including about 70,000 Kodachrome slides that he had taken from 1985 through 2009 using cameras outfitted with manual Olympus and Nikon lenses.

From Seattle Times Aug. 17, 2023

Laz still smiled and Mama Carmen still glowered from their faded Kodachrome world.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

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