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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Technicolor

As the Technicolor label bragged, “This is the smog used by famous Hollywood stars!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

The use of Technicolor allowed for vibrant colors, with untold new potential.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

Unlike Douglas Sirk’s beautifully photographed Technicolor melodramas of the 1950s, or the subgenre’s more narratively contemplative, weepy entries from the late ’70s, the new guard of romantic tearjerkers doesn’t have a pronounced stylistic draw.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026

If you know “Kiss of the Spider Woman’s” lineage, you’ll be impressed by how Condon ups the fantasy and stokes the revolutionary glamour with more Technicolor dance showcases for Jennifer Lopez’.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

Robbie was a tiny dreadlocked general beneath the Technicolor onslaught of painted warriors, the old guitar-playing skeleton and the Manny dragon rearing above him.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older