technicolour

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A form of technicolor — A colour process for motion pictures, developed and used in the twentieth century and known for its hyperrealistic, saturated levels of colour.

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Meanings

adjectivetechnicolour (not comparable)

alternative US technicolor

  1. UKalternativenot comparableAlternative form of technicolor.
nountechnicolour (plural technicolours)

plural technicolours · alternative US technicolor

  1. UKalternativeAlternative form of technicolor.

    Against the dark Ordovician gabbro, the black volcanic base, Rhynie is a streak of technicolour.

    2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 205

Origin

From technicolor, with the spelling revised to accord with British English colour.

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APA

technicolour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technicolour

MLA

“technicolour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technicolour. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “technicolour,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technicolour.

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