Red Toner (GT-15)

This toner works well with bromide and chloride papers to produce red tones.

SOLUTION A
Chemical Amount Units
Potassium Citrate 100 g
Water to make 500 ml

SOLUTION B
Chemical Amount Units
Copper Sulfate 7.5 g
Water to make 250 ml

SOLUTION C
Chemical Amount Units
Potassium Ferricyanide 6.5 g
Water to make 250 ml

USAGE
Mix solution B into solution A, then slowly add solution C, stirring well. Remove prints from toning bath when desired tone is obtained and wash thoroughly.

NOTE
Before using toning baths it is essential that the prints be well washed. It will be found that a given formula will not produce an identical tone on all papers; as a rule the commercial type bromide and chloride papers respond better to toning than do the more specialized emulsions. The majority of toning formulas exert a bleaching action in addition to creating the change of color, and for that reason prints to be toned should be made considerably deeper than normal.

REFERENCE
Red Toner (GT-15), Photo-Lab-Index, Section 15, Supplement 173, p. 66.
The Darkroom Cookbook, Stephen G. Anchell, p.167.


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Revised: May 19, 2002