Technicolor

American

[tek-ni-kuhl-er] / ˈtɛk nɪˌkʌl ər /

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.

Technicolor British

/ ˈtɛknɪˌkʌlə /

noun

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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In 1994 the Hollywood film “Rapa-Nui” rendered the mythical apocalypse into a technicolor epic of ecocide and cannibalism in which the Garden of Eden was destroyed.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal

“But I can’t be near those flying monkeys. Technicolor is terrifying. I’ll follow you up and wait outside the door.”

From Literature

“The Wizard of Oz? That’s the movie in Technicolor,” gushes Marion.

From Literature

In 1932, he released the first film to use the full-color, three-strip Technicolor process, producing cartoons in the rainbow of hues we’re accustomed to seeing today.

From The Wall Street Journal

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