technicolour
Bright film palette
Technicolour is the British spelling of Technicolor, originally a trademark for a vivid color film process that dominated Hollywood from the 1930s through the 1950s.
The word now describes anything intensely colorful or vividly exaggerated: technicolour dreams, a technicolour yawn (Australian slang for vomiting).
The spelling signals British usage.
Showing constantly changing patterns
- psychedelicInducing altered perception
- dazzlingOverwhelmingly bright or impressive
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
resplendent · radiant · glowing · fluorescent · garish · lurid · bold · intense
Projected sequence of stills
- projectorLight-casting display device
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
saturated · vibrant · musicals · restoration · dreamlike · spectacular · lavish · fantastical
Hazy and fantastical
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- romanticizedMade more appealing than reality
- idealizedMade to seem perfect
- nostalgicLonging for the past
rosetinted · fantastical · hyperreal · enhanced · amplified · theatrical · dramatic · spectacular
kaleidoscopic
Showing constantly changing patterns
- psychedelicInducing altered perception
- dazzlingOverwhelmingly bright or impressive
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
luminous · resplendent · radiant · glowing · fluorescent · garish · lurid · bold · intense · rich
filmstrip
Projected sequence of stills
- projectorLight-casting display device
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
cinematography · saturated · vibrant · musicals · restoration · dreamlike · spectacular · lavish · fantastical · MGM
dreamlike
Hazy and fantastical
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- romanticizedMade more appealing than reality
- idealizedMade to seem perfect
nostalgic · rosetinted · fantastical · hyperreal · enhanced · amplified · theatrical · dramatic · spectacular · larger-than-life
technicolourmuted
Made quieter or softer
dull · washed-out · faded · desaturated · drab
technicolourblack-and-white
Without color gradations
monochrome · black and white · greyscale · monochromatic · sepia-toned
- technicolor yawnHumorous term for vomiting