Unofficial listing for Eastman Kodak Company color combination of 35mm film canisters.
Panatomic ca. 1934 brown aluminum top & yellow painted bottom; "Kodak" stamped into the bottom.
Panatomic X ca. 1939 brown aluminum top & yellow painted
bottom brown top / yellow bottom.
Panatomic X ca. 1965 unpainted aluminum top & bottom.
SS Pan unpainted aluminum top & bottom; "Kodak" stamped into the bottom.
Super X pan green painted aluminum top & yellow painted
bottom; "Kodak" stamped into the bottom.
Plus X pan unpainted aluminum top & bottom.
Super XX pan green top / yellow bottom.
Tri X pan unpainted aluminum top & bottom.
Kodachrome F (daylight) yellow top / yellow bottom.
Kodachrome (WWII years) yellow painted steel top and bottom.
Kodachrome A (tungsten) red top / yellow bottom.
Kodachrome II yellow top / unpainted bottom.
Ektachrome blue top / yellow bottom.
This is not an official list by Eastman Kodak. Some color combinations may not be accurate.
From about 1965, all 35mm film was supplied in unpainted aluminum canisters.
From about 1974, all 35mm film was supplied in plastic snap-top canisters.
Also, during WWII, film was also supplied in steel canisters, as aluminum was in short supply.
