Technicolor

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Technicolor is a pioneering color motion picture process and company renowned for its vivid, saturated hues in classic Hollywood films.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf brand
color motion picture process
film laboratory
film technology company
activeInPeriod Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
brandMeaning high-quality color cinematography
businessModel exclusive control of cameras and processing
collaboratedWith major Hollywood studios
competedWith Eastmancolor
surface form: Agfacolor

Eastmancolor
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalImpact symbol of classic Hollywood color style
developed Technicolor self-linksurface differs
surface form: Technicolor Process 1

Technicolor self-linksurface differs
surface form: Technicolor Process 2

Technicolor self-linksurface differs
surface form: Technicolor Process 3

Technicolor self-linksurface differs
surface form: Technicolor Process 4

dye-transfer imbibition printing process
three-strip Technicolor camera system
feature printing of color matrices onto a single film strip
separate recording of red, green and blue components
use of beam-splitting prism in camera
foundedBy Daniel Comstock
Herbert Kalmus
W. Burton Wescott
headquartersLocation Hollywood, California, United States
surface form: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
industry color imaging
film post-production
motion picture industry
inspiredBy Kalmus, Comstock and Wescott research at MIT
knownFor distinctive saturated palette
high color stability of dye-transfer prints
namedAfter Technicolor self-linksurface differs
surface form: Technicolor process
notableFor dye-transfer printing
three-strip color process
vivid saturated color in classic Hollywood films
providedServicesFor 20th Century Fox
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Paramount Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures
surface form: Walt Disney Productions

Warner Bros. Entertainment
surface form: Warner Bros.
required special Technicolor cameras for three-strip process
technologyType subtractive color process
three-color separation system
transitionedTo monopack color film technologies
usedInFilm Gone with the Wind
Singin' in the Rain
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film)
surface form: The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Wizard of Oz

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The Black Swan colorProcess Technicolor
The Court Jester colorProcess Technicolor
The Harvey Girls colorProcess Technicolor
The Quiet Man colorProcess Technicolor
The Reluctant Dragon colorProcess Technicolor
subject surface form: The Reluctant Dragon (1941 film)
The Searchers colorProcess Technicolor
The Three Caballeros colorProcess Technicolor
The Toll of the Sea colorProcess Technicolor
The Wizard of Oz colorProcess Technicolor
Three Little Words colorProcess Technicolor
To Catch a Thief colorProcess Technicolor
Vertigo colorProcess Technicolor
Yolanda and the Thief colorProcess Technicolor
Doctor X colorVersionProcess Technicolor
this entity surface form: two-color Technicolor
Eastmancolor competesWith Technicolor
Technicolor developed Technicolor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Technicolor Process 1
Technicolor developed Technicolor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Technicolor Process 2
Technicolor developed Technicolor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Technicolor Process 3
Technicolor developed Technicolor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Technicolor Process 4
Old Yeller filmFormat Technicolor
Finian's Rainbow filmingProcess Technicolor
High Society filmingProcess Technicolor
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Dial M for Murder format Technicolor
Fun and Fancy Free format Technicolor
subject surface form: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
The African Queen format Technicolor
Make Mine Music hasColorProcess Technicolor
Rear Window hasColorProcess Technicolor
Technicolor namedAfter Technicolor self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Technicolor process
The Toll of the Sea producer Technicolor
this entity surface form: Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
this entity surface form: Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation
Thomson SA successor Technicolor
this entity surface form: Technicolor SA