Lightning® Bi-Chromatic™ magnetic powder has the remarkable properties of appearing black when dusted on a light-colored surface and appearing silver when dusted on a dark-colored surface. The greatest advantage of using Bi-Chromatic™ magnetic powder is that the lifted prints will be black when placed on a white backing card. This eliminates the bother of comparing latent prints with light-colored ridges on a black background against rolled prints with black ridges on a white background. It also means that only white latent print lift backing cards will be needed. There is no need for black latent print lift backing cards with Bi-Chromatic™ powder.