Color negative · ISO 200
Kodak Gold 200 Grain Look
What Kodak Gold 200 grain looks like, and a free recipe that recreates its texture and tone on digital photos in your browser.
Published October 3, 2026 · Updated October 3, 2026 · Written by Maximilian Braun
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About Kodak Gold 200
Kodak Gold 200 is a consumer ISO 200 color negative film. It is widely available and affordable, which makes it a popular everyday and beginner film.
It is known for warm, yellow-golden color and a nostalgic feel. In bright sun it gives saturated, cheerful color; in flat light or underexposed it becomes muted and grainier.
Grain character
Gold 200 shows more grain than professional stocks such as Portra or Ektar, especially in underexposed shadows. In 35mm scans the grain is a visible, slightly uneven texture with some color variation.
Kodak Gold 200 grain recipe
| Intensity | 32% |
|---|---|
| Grain type | fine |
| Grain size | 2px |
| Roughness | 10% |
| Softness | 40% |
| Color grain | 14% |
| Shadows / midtones / highlights | 78% / 100% / 50% |
| Fade | 14% |
| Warmth | 26% |
| Vignette | 12% |
| Black and white | Off |
| Seed | 200200 |
Why these settings
- Moderate, slightly rough grain reads as consumer film rather than a professional stock.
- Color grain at 14% gives the uneven color speckle seen in consumer film scans.
- Warmth is the main character of this recipe; raise it to 35% for a stronger golden cast.
- Fade and a light vignette suggest prints and scans from a lab's standard workflow.
What this recipe cannot do
Gold's specific yellows, greens, and sky blues come from its color dyes. The warmth control shifts the overall balance; it does not remap individual colors.
Best for
- Summer, travel, and holiday photos
- Family and everyday snapshots
- Warm, nostalgic social posts
Kodak Gold 200 FAQ
Is Kodak Gold 200 grainy?
Moderately. It is grainier than professional films like Portra and Ektar, especially when underexposed, but finer than ISO 400 and 800 consumer films.
How do I get the Kodak Gold look on my photos?
Warm the image noticeably, lift the blacks slightly, and add fine-to-medium grain with some color variation. This recipe does all three in one step.
Kodak Gold vs Portra 400?
Gold is warmer, more saturated, grainier, and cheaper. Portra 400 has finer grain, softer contrast, and more natural skin tones.
Kodak and Kodak Gold 200 are trademarks of their respective owners. imagegrain is not affiliated with or endorsed by them; recipes are digital approximations of grain and tone, not film-stock emulations.