It's been 8 months now since I started Photography, on film.
I always see my Dad's negatives stored in a carton box.
When I looked to see some negatives I was surprised to see the peculiar color of the negatives. It's more bluish. Those negatives are probably 15-20 year old by now. Yeah I've heard of refrigerators but what if I can't use one?
How do I store negatives properly so they can be used 20 years from now without being faded, or having color shift? (i don't know the exact term)

And, can those color shifted negatives be used again? won't it look terrible when the print comes out? And if you have time please explain why the negatives color shift.

Yeah, to narrow down, my Questions are:
1) How to store negatives properly
2) Is it still acceptable to print those negatives?
3) Why does the negative color shift? (or whatever term maybe suitable)

I fear that my negatives will suffer the same thing if I don't do action right now
(my negs are only 1-8 months old, but I think it's worth the preparation)

I'm hoping for replies. thanks,

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huh! we talking unexposed film here or negatives?

Yeah, to narrow down, my Questions are:
1) How to store negatives properly
2) Is it still acceptable to print those negatives?
3) Why does the negative color shift? (or whatever term maybe suitable)

I fear that my negatives will suffer the same thing if I don't do action right now
(my negs are only 1-8 months old, but I think it's worth the preparation)

I'm hoping for replies. thanks,

1. Buy an Acid free archival plastic or paper envelopes. It should be available locally. Example:
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2. Yes, but it will have color cast either blue or orange. This can be corrected by printing filters. Might be problematic now since there are few film custom color labs available.

3. Color negatives have DYES built into it. They don't last very long specially in hot humid climates like ours.

If you handle your current negatives well i.e. store them properly and try to store them in good location, it should last for a long time. Sorry, the negatives will eventually fade though.

If you are into scanning your negatives, there are lots of how to's in color correcting color shift in Photoshop.

oops my bad! Thought I read unexposed.

www.yesteryearmemories.com/store_negatives.asp (http://www.yesteryearmemories.com/store_negatives.asp)

i still would make duplicates of very important images either in analog or digital or both.

Films tend not to fade no matter how we store it, what we can do is prolong it. I heard that there is a company who can preserve films for more than 50 years.

1) How to store negatives properly
Refrigerated and dehumidified media vault storage is one of the popular way to prolong your negatives but it is so expensive. I just keep mine using my dry box, converting it to digital will be the best option to preserve your work and not your negatives.:(

2) Is it still acceptable to print those negatives?
For as long as your negatives are intact, it can be printed.

3) Why does the negative color shift? (or whatever term maybe suitable)
Maybe its the chemical that they use, they haven't invented something to preserve it permanently during the film days.