I perhaps should have elaborated; the magic is seeing the print emerge in the developer bath. Developing panchromatic black and white film is more of a straight

I perhaps should have elaborated; the magic is seeing the print emerge in the developer bath. Developing panchromatic black and white film is more of a straight up technical exercise since it has to be done in total darkness. Also, doing your own color develop and print is certainly possible, but much more complicated than black and white and has the same issue with requiring total darkness.