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

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Lots of green screen, face replacement. Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025 But yeah, this footage exists of our players treating everyone on stage like action figures, moving them in front the green screen and telling them to do X, Y, Z. Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2025 No water tanks, no green screens, no body doubles. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2025 None of our modern green screens and volume technology can compete with the simple magic of watching Christopher Reeve fly through the sky on those invisible wires — or switch effortlessly between Clark Kent and Superman just through posture and syntax. Devan Coggan, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for green screen

Word History

First Known Use

1983, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of green screen was in 1983

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“Green screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green%20screen. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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