green screen

noun

plural green screens

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

Show curators are using green screen, augmented reality and visual effects to create an illusion of a near-real event.

—Ruhail Amin

also : the green background

The kids recorded themselves at home, shooting videos in front of a home-made green screen, which Mrs. Hopkins sent home for their families.

—Katie Morse

—often used before another noun

green screen technology

compare blue screen

Examples of green screen in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The garments were manipulated, like glove puppets, by physical dancers who were rendered invisible by a green screen. — Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026

One of the things that people love to do right now, because driving shots are so difficult, is just throw you in a car with a big green screen behind you. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

There’s a real tendency to pick a tax incentive state, shoot some plates and everything against green screen. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

Its signature roughly 328-by-262-foot outdoor tank has a natural horizon, wave generators and a 394-foot green screen. — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1983, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for green screen

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