technicolor
pronunciation
How to pronounce technicolor in British English:
UK [ˈteknikʌlə]
How to pronounce technicolor in American English:
US [ˈtɛknɪˌkʌlɚ]
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- Noun:
- a trademarked method of making color motion pictures
Word Origin
- technicolor (n.)
- "vivid color," 1946, earlier as a trademark name (Technicolor, registered in U.S. 1917) for a process of making color movies, from technical + color (n.). As an adjective from 1940.
Example
- 1. But it was also opening the door to cinema 's future : from sepia to technicolor .
- 2. When we are lost in the technicolor phase .
- 3. Marilyn may represent some unique alchemy of sex , talent and technicolor .
- 4. It 's not clear why that is , but the observation is right there in living technicolor .
- 5. It 's written in technicolor , with gang wars , love triangles , and some very interesting fashion choices .