chroma key

[ kroh-muh-kee ]

nounMovies, Television.
  1. an electronic special-effects system for combining a desired background with a live foreground shot.

Origin of chroma key

1
First recorded in 1955–60

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British Dictionary definitions for chromakey

chromakey

/ (ˈkrəʊməˌkiː) /


noun
  1. (in colour television) a special effect in which a coloured background can be eliminated and a different background substituted: Also called: colour separation overlay

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