What is a trichrome?

A trichrome is a process in which three filtered black-and-white images are combined to create a full color image. While this is typically achieved with Red, Green, and Blue filters, color filters can be replaced with wavelengths beyond human vision.

Red can be replaced with Infrared, Green with Visible, and Blue with Ultraviolet. This is similar to the method used by space telescopes for full color images.

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Trichrome Channel Mixing

Red
Red channel spectrum
Green
Green channel spectrum
Blue
Blue channel spectrum

Notes

Drag the sliders on the graphs to adjust which wavelengths are used for each color channel. The graph covers approximately 380nm to 1000nm.