In Living Color
Not black-and-white
In Living Color was a sketch comedy television series that aired on Fox from 1990 to 1994, created by Keenen Ivory Wayans.
The show featured a predominantly Black cast and launched careers including Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx, and several Wayans family members.
Its hip-hop sensibility and edgy racial humor distinguished it from mainstream sketch comedy.
The phrase itself means vividly, in full color—originally a broadcasting term distinguishing color from black-and-white television: We'll be back in living color after these messages.
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- sketch comedyShort comic performances
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- parodySatirical imitation
- hilariousExtremely amusing
Jim Carrey · vibrant · television · nineties · late night · live audience · skit · funny · urban · hip-hop · Jamie Foxx · characters · laughter · satire · black comedy · multicultural · dancing · edgy
- variety showsSaturday Night Live, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show, Laugh-In, The Muppet Show
- Murdoch MediaFox News, Fox Sports, The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, The Times
In Living Colorin black and white
Recorded in writing
monochrome · black-and-white · grayscale · colorless · achromatic
In Living Colorlifeless
Devoid of animation
flat · dull · muted · washed out · faded
In Living ColorSaturday Night Live
Weekly late-night sketch program
living, color, liver, lively, livelihood, outlive, relive, colors, colored