blue screen

See also: bluescreen

English

Alternative forms

• bluescreen

Etymology

A compound of blue +‎ screen, from the historical film-making technique of using blue backgrounds.

Noun

blue screen (plural blue screens)

1. (film) The filmmaking technique of shooting foreground action against an evenly-lit monochromatic background for the purpose of removing the background from the scene and replacing it with a different image or scene.
2. (film) The visual effect resulting from this technique as well as the colored screen itself, especially blue.
3. (computing) Ellipsis of blue screen of death.

Synonyms

• (film technique): chromakey, chroma-key, chroma key, greenscreen, green screen
• (error screen): blue screen of death, BSOD

Translations

film technique — see chromakey

blue screen of death

• Finnish: siniruutu
• French: écran bleu m
• Russian: си́ний экра́н m (sínij ekrán)
• Turkish: mavi ekran
• Ukrainian: си́ній екра́н m (sýnij ekrán)

See also

• blue screen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia