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The Joly screen plate process was the first screen plate commercially introduced. Patented in 1894 and introduced in 1895 by Irish physicist John Joly, the process is based on a theory published in 1869 by Louis Ducos du Hauron. Ducos du Hauron's theory proposed that a full-color image could be produced if a screen made up of additive colored stripes was placed in front of a light sensitive material. The screen would allow only the light corresponding to the colors of the scene to transmit, while absorbing the rest.

The Joly process was a "separate system," meaning the color screen is separate from the image bearing plate. It also had separate taking screen and viewing screens. Both screens had an identical pattern of additive color lines on a glass plate, but had slightly different sets of colors. The taking screen had lighter colors to allow for shorter exposure times while the viewing screen had more saturated colored dyes to make the color image appear more vibrant. The taking screen was placed in the camera plate holder in front of a gelatin dry plate where the light would first pass through the screen before striking the plate.