darkroom

[ dahrk-room, -room ]

noun

, Photography.

1. a room in which film or the like is made, handled, or developed and from which the actinic rays of light are excluded.

darkroom

/ ˈdɑːkˌruːm; -ˌrʊm /

noun

1. a room in which photographs are processed in darkness or safe light

Word History and Origins

Origin of darkroom¹

First recorded in 1835–45; dark + room

Example Sentences

"When I was about nine, 10, 11, I used to work in my father's darkroom," Duncan said.

From BBC

Chemical Unbalance uses the chemistry of the darkroom and the menopausal body as a way of exploring the changes occurring, without and within.

From BBC

He was photographer and developed film in a makeshift darkroom in a bedroom at home.

From Seattle Times

Although some photographers still use film, you need a darkroom to load the film into the developing cans.

From Los Angeles Times

We didn’t understand that in the right hands, the deep, deep blacks might speak to far more than a darkroom technique — to issues of race and segregation.

From New York Times