A record of the color content in black and white was thereby created and could be reconstituted by projecting the film through an identical filter.
The three colored stripes (red, green and blue-violet) of the filter had to be precisely oriented parallel to the film length.
The later Super Sensitive Kodacolor could be used "outdoors in any good photographic light, and even indoors under favourable conditions."
The black and white lenticular image on the film is reconstituted into a natural color picture on the screen.
It was not possible to make duplicates, special film was necessary to shoot with, and while the additive image was colorful and clear, the greater light absorption from the use of additive filters required brighter light sources to project, and was not practical to project over very long distances.