<P> The foundation of virtually all practical color processes , the three - color method was first suggested in an 1855 paper by Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell , with the first color photograph produced by Thomas Sutton for a Maxwell lecture in 1861 . Color photography has been the dominant form of photography since the 1970s , with monochrome photography mostly relegated to niche markets such as art photography . </P>
<P> The foundation of virtually all practical color processes , the three - color method was first suggested in an 1855 paper by Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell , with the first color photograph produced by Thomas Sutton for a Maxwell lecture in 1861 . Color photography has been the dominant form of photography since the 1970s , with monochrome photography mostly relegated to niche markets such as art photography . </P>
when did the first color picture come out
when did the first color picture come out
1861
1861