Technicolor

American  

[tek-ni-kuhl-er] / ˈtɛk nɪˌkʌl ər /

Trademark.

1. a brand name for a system of making color motion pictures by means of superimposing the three primary colors to produce a final colored print.

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adjective

1. (often lowercase) flamboyant or lurid, as in color, meaning, or detail.

Technicolor British  

/ ˈtɛknɪˌkʌlə /

noun

1. the process of producing colour film by means of superimposing synchronized films of the same scene, each of which has a different colour filter, to obtain the desired mix of colour

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Example Sentences

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Technicolor

“I was really taken with the great Technicolor musicals; it’s the form that’s closest to my heart in a way,” Curry told The Times in 1992.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

He’d stand in the aisles overwhelmed by the Technicolor labels, the piles of Edenic produce, and the thought that his family — wherever they may be — might not be able to afford food.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

“Obviously that place ‘over the rainbow’ is ‘heaven,’ where everything is Technicolor perfect,” says Fink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026

Chu is also set to direct a new big-screen adaptation of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, pencilled in for release in 2027.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025

He put the empty popcorn bag to his full lips, inflated it, and waited, his eyes gleaming with reflected Technicolor.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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