Imbibition

In 1928, Technicolor started making their prints by the imbibition process, which was mechanical rather than photographic and allowed the color components to be combined on the same side of the film.

In the case of Kodachrome amateur and documentary films and Technicolor IB (imbibition process) color prints, the dyes are so stable and the deterioration so slow that even prints now over 70 years old typically show no obvious problems.

One of its primary applications was usage in Technicolor 's dye imbibition printing (dye transfer).

The rate of imbibition is dependent on the permeability of the seed coat, amount of water in the environment and the area of contact the seed has to the source of water.

Three distinct phases of seed germination occur: water imbibition; lag phase; and radicle emergence.