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

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

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

Darkness, dimness and silence make “For Good” a marked contrast from the Technicolor effusiveness of “Wicked.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025

Still, it was amazing, all those explosions, that recklessness, that Technicolor wreckage.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood