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

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

There are no rides but plenty of photo opps in front of green screens which insert guests into scenes from the films. —Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025

Production company Salter Street Films supplemented the superb prop and costume design with extensive use of green screen and CGI. —Chris McMullen, Space.com, 2 Aug. 2025

Unlike traditional virtual production methods, Gamechanger’s does not rely on a green screen, requires no on-set technicians or specialists, and does not use any special hardware — the entire process is automatically handled in post-production. —Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 May 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