Positive
noun
Subject Field: Photography

An image whose color or black-and-white values correspond to those in the subject; in most cases, a negative of a negative. Kawin			See Also Negative Bibliography Index Home Conceptual tree
Context: In his giant bug film The Spider (1958), Gordon used a negative matte (as opposed to the positives seen in Amazing Colossal Man), which is why in many scenes the spider looks like a black, featureless mass. Johnson Attestation: 3 Positivo Reliability: 3