blue screen

noun

plural blue screens

1

: a photographic technique in which a subject is filmed in front of a blue background so as to allow matte (see matte entry 3 sense 2) compositing of the film with other footage

also : the blue background compare green screen

2

: blue screen of death

Many blue screens are caused by bad memory modules or corrupted disk drives.

—George Cox

Examples of blue screen in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As for Starr and Carlin, because of their characters' small size, the actors mostly worked in front of a blue screen. —Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025

Lovato also unveiled the album's cover, which has her standing nude in front of a blue screen, holding onto a pink dress in dry-clean wrapping to cover her nudity. —Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025

An overwhelmed kid is like a computer with a blue screen. —Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025

McIntosh and Sonus faber McIntosh, famous for its retro-look meters, which feature blue screens and physical needles. —Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 27 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for blue screen

• agin
• alkene
• allene
• ameen
• amin
• amine
• arene
• athene
• baleen
• beeline
• benzene
• between