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

As the video dropped, Styles shared a behind-the-scenes photo on Instagram of himself surrounded by green screens, suspended from wires to pull off the stunts. —Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2026

There are no green screens or digital inputs; Nwosu and her team actually shot full sequences on the highways of Lagos — a tremendous feat for a debut feature filmmaker working in a city widely known for its suffocating traffic. —Zac Ntim, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026

Kosinski wanted to do everything for real, immerse audiences in the film and avoid the use of green screens. —Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026

This works without a green screen. —New Atlas, 16 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1983, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for green screen

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