technicolor

== English == === Alternative forms === technicolour (British spelling) === Etymology === From Technicolor. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkʌl.ə(ɹ)/ Homophone: Technicolor === Adjective === technicolor (not comparable) (American spelling) Extremely or excessively colourful. (physics) Describing something in a technicolor model, a model that is similar to the Standard Model but lacks a scalar Higgs field. === Noun === technicolor (plural technicolors) (American spelling) A process of colour cinematography using synchronised monochrome films, each of a different colour, to produce a colour print. (informal) Vivid colour. (physics) A collection of theories based on quantum chromodynamics ==== Usage notes ==== Some use the British English spelling of colour to give technicolour, but this might be considered incorrect as the word comes from a trademark spelt without the "u". Perhaps the most common use of this word is in the title of the popular musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1969). ==== Related terms ==== Technicolor yawn technicolored technicoloured === Further reading === technicolor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “technicolor”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “technicolor”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === holocentric