Abstract: A film scanner for a color original comprises a film stage having a slit-shaped opening, the slit-shaped opening generating an image of the color original when the color original is moving across the film stage while the slit-shaped opening is illuminated by a source of white light; a photosensitive sensor; and a spectrum-splitting element positioned between the film stage and the photosensitive sensor for dividing the image of the color original into its spectral components. The photosensitive sensor is oriented so that desired regions of the spectral components strike the photosensitive sensor. A process for scanning a color original is also disclosed.