After several decades of sepia toning display prints, it may now be time to enter my “blue period” (just in time for snow season in New England).
It would appear that papers are clearly labeled as being warm or cold. But finding a cold developer seems to be just a bit more challenging. I am reading that Dektol and Amidol are the two leading candidates. Although Ilford states that their Multigrade Coldtone displays coldness when the development time is extended, presumably with any developer.
Just two questions: (1) Can a “warm” developer actually inhibit or defeat the blueness of a cold paper? And (2) has anyone suggestions for his favorite cold developer?
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