Circa 80 percent of the films of the 1890s to the 1920s had colours. Many made use of monochromatic film tinting dye baths, some had the frames painted in multiple transparent colours by hand, and since 1905 there was a mechanized stencil-process (Pathécolor).
cIRca 80 percEnt of thE FilMS Of tHE 1890s TO The 1920S hAd CoLOUrS. manY made usE OF MoNOCHromatic FIlm tiNtiNg dye BAThS, soMe hAd tHE frAmES paiNtEd in mULtIple tranSpArenT ColoUrs BY Hand, AnD sinCe 1905 therE waS a mechANized StencIl-ProcesS (PATHÉcoLor).