Filter Designation
Filter Color
Daylight
Tiffen*
Leitz
Kodak/Wratten
Factor
Stops
Y1
Y0
6
K-1
Light Yellow
1.5X
2/3
Y2
8
K-2
Medium Yellow
2X
1
Y3
9
Deep Yellow
G1
YG
11
X1
Light Green or Yellow-Green
4X
2
12
Minus Blue
Dark Yellow
G2
13
X2
Medium Green
6X
2-2/3
Or
O
15
G
Deep Yellow or Orange
2.5X
1-1/3
23A
Light Red
R1
Red
25
A
8X
3
47
C5
Blue
* Tiffen eventually adopted the Kodak/Wratten numeric designations.
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