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technicolour

British  
/ ˈtɛknɪˌkʌlə /

adjective

  1. brightly, showily, or garishly coloured; vividly noticeable

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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More waste arrives daily, piling up like technicolour snowdrifts along the roads and rivers of Xa Cau, one of hundreds of "craft" recycling villages encircling Vietnam's capital Hanoi where waste is sorted, shredded and melted.

From Barron's Dec. 16, 2025

He met Adam while on leave, after finding the courage to go to a gay bar for the first time - and at that moment, he says, "life turned from monochrome to technicolour".

From BBC Jan. 11, 2025

She appeared in more than 60 movies across her career, including silent films and one of the first made in technicolour.

From BBC Oct. 19, 2022

And as we have all just witnessed in gory technicolour, party conferences can act as both magnifying glass and megaphone for any party's woes.

From BBC Oct. 8, 2022

The Irishman dragged England's limited-overs cricket from bland black and white into glorious technicolour.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2022

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