Technicolor

[ tek-ni-kuhl-er ]

/ ˈtɛk nɪˌkʌl ər /

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Trademark.

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

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

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Words nearby Technicolor

technicality, technical knockout, technically, technical sergeant, technician, Technicolor, technicolour, technics, technikon, technique, techno

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How to use Technicolor in a sentence

It’s in Technicolor, and Judy’s in peak form – dancing with Fred Astaire.
Celebrate Judy Garland’s centennial by watching her movies|Kathi Wolfe|September 30, 2022|Washington Blade
The Smithsonian has a pair of Dorothy-worn ruby slippers, a film-used Scarecrow costume, a Technicolor camera from the “Oz” set and an original script — but no dress.
Judy Garland’s long-lost ‘Wizard of Oz’ dress turns up at Catholic University|Paul M. Duggan|July 8, 2021|Washington Post
I thought maybe watching the city being repeatedly reduced to rubble at a whim—endless computer-generated buildings demolished into nothing more than Technicolor pixel dust—might give me the hits I needed.
Fiction: Unpaired|Tim Maughan|April 28, 2021|MIT Technology Review
On Monday, Nicole Richie debuted her latest Technicolor hairstyle—a side-swept Cerulean low bun—on Good Morning America.
Tangled Up in Blue: Young Stars and Their Blue Rinses|Erin Cunningham|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

After so many centuries of dull black-and-white, he led us bareheaded into an outdoor, Technicolor future.
This Is Why Your Kid Is Fat|Kent Sepkowitz|November 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
For example, I know that he told me he was very interested in shooting it in--the word just slipped my mind… Technicolor?
How Nirvana Shot the ‘Heart-Shaped Box’ Video|Andrew Romano|September 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
"Beware" by Big Sean is awash in technicolor static, colorful sceneries overlaid over Big Sean.
Lady Gaga, Avril Lavigne & More Best Music Videos of the Week (VIDEO)|Victoria Kezra|August 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I mean people who tell high-test, dry-aged, technicolor extravaganza sort of lies.
Fake Girlfriends and Other Dangerous Fabrications|Megan McArdle|January 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Later, she asked him if he had been having a bad dream and he said it had been closer to a nightmare in technicolor.
The Five Arrows|Allan Chase
Texitalia Films is planning a 60-minute technicolor documentary to start.
Warren Commission (2 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
He looked to his left, then felt a warm flush technicolor his cheeks.
The Black Tide|Arthur G. Stangland
So when you blacklist us with the Society, please let me know—I want to take a tri-di in technicolor of you doing it.
The Galaxy Primes|Edward Elmer Smith
Piracy in the past has acquired the gaudy technicolor of high romance.
This One Problem|M. C. Pease

British Dictionary definitions for Technicolor

Technicolor

/ (ˈtɛknɪˌkʌlə) /

noun

trademark 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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