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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.


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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

George Cukor’s black-and-white vision traipses its heroines through dress fittings, manicures and facials, day drinking and backstabbing all the way, save for an interruption by a Technicolor fashion show.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025

The fourth album by Dublin's Fontaines DC sees the quintet take their scratchy, sinister sound and run it through a Technicolor filter.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025

Technicolor Group Chief Executive Caroline Parot told employees in a memo on Monday that the company has been experiencing financial difficulties, citing the pandemic and writers’ strike in 2023 that lasted 148 days.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

It had pictures like an old Technicolor movie and was from somewhere called Peoria, Illinois.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray