Negative (photography)
In photography, a
negative is a rectangle of material (nowadays usually
photographic film) coated with chemicals that, upon
photographic exposure, cause the material to record the
colors or
monochromatic shades of the scene in inverse, negative form. This process occurs inside a
camera. The resulting "negative" needs to undergo
film developing in order to stop recording light. Then, it can be used to produce a print, in which the colors or shades are reverted to their original form.
The opposite of a negative is a positive, which does not inverse the colors or monochromatic shades of a scene.
See also: Photography