a process of making color films by combining several separate, synchronized negatives each of which is sensitive to a single color
- this process
- bright, intense colors
Technicolor
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Technicolor
A trademark for a method of making color motion pictures in which films sensitive to different primary colors are exposed simultaneously and are later superimposed to produce the full-color print.
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Adjective
(not comparable)
Usage notes
- Some use the British English spelling of colour to give technicolour, but this might be considered incorrect as the word comes from a trademark spelt without the "u".
- Perhaps the most common use of this word is in the title of the popular musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Origin
From Technicolor.
Noun
(uncountable)
Adjective
(not comparable)
- Using the Technicolor process.
- It was his opinion that 1946's Do You Love Me, a Technicolor musical, would go down much better with 'industrial audiences' than the 'better class' of viewer.
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