n.a room that is almost or totally dark and specially equipped to develop negatives and final prints from color photographic film. A darkroom contains various chemicals, sinks, timers and other equipment to process film and create a finalpicture. Processingcolor film is a more involved and timeconsuming procedure than handling black and white film, it requires additional chemicals, lights and equipment. Thus, a color darkroom would be more complex than one set up to process only black and white film.