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

Filmed in front of a green screen in one of the rooms of her San Diego home, De León’s videos aim at helping young children learn vocabulary for specific real-life situations. —Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026

The soundstage allows filmmakers to shoot actors and scenes in front of a high resolution LED wall instead of a green screen or physical sets. —Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026

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

Does Mercurio enjoy working with green screen at all? —Jack Lang, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026

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