P3D Re: Truecolor

[Tom Hubin <thubin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Marvin Jones wrote:
> 
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> >Just for curiosity's sake, I ran a trademark search on truecolor (tm) and
> found it was filed on in 1995 and registered in 1997.
> Boy was I surprised! I thought *sure* it would be either a film
> company (like Kodak) or computer manuf (like Digital) or a
> repro house (like Pantone).  Nope, it's an Polgat Ltd., with
> an address of Industrial Zone Kiryat Gat ISRAEL CORPORATION ISRAEL.<
> 
> Interesting. Back in the 40s, Truecolor (actually spelled Trucolor, I
> think) was a bargain-basement color system used by some independent
> theatrical movies. I'm surprised that an old trademark for that system
> didn't block the newer registration.

Trucolor or Truecolor is also a trade name for a prescription sunglass
tint. It is a neutral gray, 15% transmission at 2mm thickness. Made by
American Optical as I recall. Maybe Bausch and Lomb. It has been twenty
years since I filled eyeglass prescriptions so some of the details are a
bit blurry.  

Tom Hubin
thubin@xxxxxxxxx



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