What does "technicolor" mean?

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

Technicolor

Common synonyms include: 3-d, animated cartoon, black-and-white film, bright color, brightness, brilliance.

adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Noun

1
A colour process for motion pictures, developed and used in the twentieth century and known for its hyperrealistic, saturated levels of colour. uncountable
"filmed in Technicolor [collocation in movie credits]"
2
A process of colour cinematography using synchronised monochrome films, each of a different colour, to produce a colour print. US
3
a trademarked method of making color motion pictures wordnet
4
Vivid colour. informal
5
A collection of theories based on quantum chromodynamics

Adjective

1
Using the Technicolor process. not-comparable
"It was his opinion that 1946's Do You Love Me, a Technicolor musical, would go down much better with 'industrial audiences' than the 'better class' of viewer."
2
Extremely or excessively colourful. US, not-comparable
"I can stand the sight of worms / And look at microscopic germs / But technicolor pachyderms / Is really too much for me"
3
Describing something in a technicolor model, a model that is similar to the Standard Model but lacks a scalar Higgs field. not-comparable