Abstract: An apparatus for reproducing at least one colored surface on a photographic emulsion. The apparatus consists essentially of a sensitometer 10, a mask 11 which is movable with respect to the top surface of the sensitometer, an exposure unit comprising a light source 12 and a filter box 13, and a central control unit 14 in the frame 9 of the sensitometer, equipped with a keyboard 15 for selecting references on a color chart, a series of function control keys 16 and a display screen 17. It allows the reproduction by controlled color synthesis of all color tones listed on a color chart.

Abstract: The method for reproducing at least one colored surface the color of which corresponds to a reference chosen from a color chart is characterized by the fact that during a first stage, there is recorded on a photographic emulsion of the same type a sensitogram developed by means of developing materials of predetermined characteristics, a densitometric analysis of said developed sensitogram is made and the results of said analysis recorded so as to establish an analytical record of the colors comprising the sensitometer with respect to the photographic emulsion and the developing products used. During a second stage, the exposure conditions for the photographic emulsion are determined to reproduce the color chosen from the color chart as a function of the information registered on the analytical record of the colors of the sensitogram. The apparatus used in this process comprises essentially an exposure unit (11), a sensitometer (16) and a central control unit (22).