noun
Technicolor
TEHK-nih-kuhl-uh
noun
1
A film colour process from the twentieth century famous for its bold, super-saturated colours.
"Old Technicolor musicals still look strikingly vivid today."
adj
1
Extremely bright or colourful, almost unrealistically so.
"She described the sunset in technicolor detail."
"His bruise turned a technicolor mix of purple and yellow."
How to Use Technicolor
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishDescribes colour so vivid and saturated it looks almost artificial, like an old movie process.
Common pairings
technicolor dream
technicolor sunset
in technicolor
Word Forms
technicolors plural
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Etymology
A blend of "technology" and "color", originally a 1916 trademark tied to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where two of the process's inventors met.