The Dye Track Committee is no longer active due to the complete success of this project. All major US studios now release in cyan and the format has been adopted worldwide.

This site was organized by the Dye Track Committee, a group of motion picture executives dedicated to replacing silver-applicated analog 35 mm soundtracks with pure cyan dye tracks. The DTC, formed in 1998, included motion picture distributors, exhibitors, film stock manufacturers, and film laboratories, as well as members of the motion picture audio technical community.

Converting to a silverless cyan track offers major benefits to both the motion picture industry and to the environment. The cyan track is not only safer and simpler to produce, it is less damaging to the environment, reducing the use of water and chemicals in the developing process.

The cyan dye track requires a red light reader in the projector's analog soundhead: without one, the new soundtracks will play badly or not at all. A red light reader provides several practical benefits to the theatre, beyond the ability to play the new soundtracks, and the Dye Track Committee encourages the conversion of all theatres to red readers.

If you own or operate a theatre that is not yet equipped with a red light reader in your projector's analog soundheads, we recommend that you install one as soon as possible.

• 16 mm cyan dye tracks not recommended