“Technicolor” or “Technicolour”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 8 prefer “technicolor” and 0 prefer “technicolour”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	technicolor	technicolour	Preference
United States	99	1	“technicolor”
United Kingdom	77	23	“technicolor”
India	94	6	“technicolor”
Philippines	97	3	“technicolor”
Canada	89	11	“technicolor”
Australia	64	36	“technicolor”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	79	21	“technicolor”
New Zealand	63	37	“technicolor”
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“technicolor”

…Award jointly to SRI and Technicolor for their work on the…
…Vidtronics Company, a division of Technicolor, had developed a process for…
…musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, was staged.
…Oliver!, Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Sleeping Beauty(panto)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice…
…6: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 5: The Comedy of…
…Fire is a 1955 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Joseph…
…opera was made into a Technicolor film in English (Hansel &…
…with Minaj's various personae and Technicolor rhymes".
…the film was shot in Technicolor and VistaVision by cinematographer Ernest

“technicolour”

…musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.
…single from the album - "Technicolour Dreams" backed with the Wilde/Scott…
"Technicolour Dreams" (Anthony King) – 2:54
…musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour.
…the fireworks to explode in technicolour flashes endangering the ship –…
…World series, and the theme "Technicolour", which was used for the…
…is still in print today (2015).
…of the Morning, Britain's first Technicolour film.
…crime in London, and the technicolour is washed out – for…
…as the multi-coloured jersey or technicolour jersey) was the jersey in…

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