Ilford Multigrade FB Classic has been designed for the creative printer wanting neutral image colour, great clarity and a good response to toners. This is a premium quality, variable contrast, black and white photographic paper, coated onto a 255g/m2 baryta coated, fibre base.

Multigrade FB Classic has a white base tint and prints made on the paper have rich blacks, deliver excellent tonal rendition and overall print appearance. In addition to producing the superb quality you have come to expect from Ilford photographic papers, you will find that this product is versatile, easy to work with in the darkroom and well suited to toning applications, chemical reduction and retouching techniques, particularly on the glossy surface.

Multigrade FB Classic is a fast exposure darkroom paper. The product has a short induction time of around 20 seconds for image appearance during processing; there is a closer speed relationship between grades; more uniform grade separation; sharp images; an extended low contrast at soft filtrations (00 end); a 50% reduction in wash times to save on water; whilst retaining all the handling and filtration during processing that you have come to expect from traditional Multigrade FB papers.

It is also suitable for use in all types of darkroom enlargers and is fully compatible with the Ilford chemistry range. The paper is compatible with most safelights designed for black and white papers with a cut-off no lower than 580 nm.

Multigrade FB Classic will deliver seven full grades of contrast from grade 00 to grade 5 in half grade steps when used with Ilford Multigrade filters. After washing and drying, it can be mounted using the standard methods for fibre-based papers.

The matt finish gives the paper a smooth, clean and natural-looking surface without the shine of glossy surface whilst the glossy finish gives the paper a smooth surface that will boost contrast and make black tones pop and whites shine. Multigrade FB is also available in cool tone and warm tone variants.