# Chroma Key × Technicolor — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=chroma-key+technicolor
# Chroma Key carries the structure. Technicolor appear as accents, each further back than the last.
# Style descriptors only. Never imitates a specific artist, studio, brand or work.

An original image that takes its structure from Chroma Key (Technique, 1930s–) and its accent from Technicolor (Technique, 1922–1950s). Structural cues: A single-color backdrop; Keyed edges; A separated foreground; Lighting designed for the composite. Accent cues, used sparingly: Saturated primaries; Dye-transfer depth; Color supervision; Color-coding dream and reality. Composition: Fix eyeline and horizon height for both plates before shooting. Type and lettering: Choose lettering colors far from the key color and from the plate. Let one material quality come from the second style: Keep reds and cyans deep, pull saturation only out of skin. Mood: Technology, Futurism, Play, Exhilaration, Nostalgia. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.

# Where the two fight
# - Both belong to Film Technology, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.
# - Two techniques rather than two looks. Decide which one runs last in the process, because that is the one that will show.

# Cautions carried from each entry
# - Chroma Key: Compositing without matching the light, leaving green on the edges while shadows fall in a direction the background never had.
# - Technicolor: Raising saturation across the board is not Technicolor, skin goes muddy, and every part of the frame ends up loud in the same way.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/chroma-key/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/technicolor/design.md