最初企图借化学方法来取得彩色影像是与普通黑白摄影的萌芽和建议在同一时期产生的。后来相继出现过很多种制造彩色影像的方法。例如调色法、转印法和颜料法等等。但所有这些制造彩色影像的方法都未曾获得广泛的实际应用。二十世纪初叶出现了以彩色显影法来得到彩色影像的方法。并已为近代彩色摄影术所广泛采用。近年来,由于创造和生产非扩散性染料取得的成就而使现代三层彩色摄影术得以迅速发 Attempts to acquire color images by chemical methods came at the same time as the seeds and suggestions of ordinary black and white photography. Later, there have been many ways to create color images. Such as color palette, transfer and pigment method and so on. However, none of these methods of making color images has gained widespread practical application. In the early twentieth century, a method of obtaining color image by color developing method appeared. And has been widely used in modern color photography. In recent years, modern three-color color photography has been rapidly developed due to the achievements made in creating and producing non-diffusible dyes