Walt Disney then worked with the Technicolor company to create the first full three-strip color cartoon, "Flowers and Trees". Another great success, it became the first cartoon to win the Academy Award for the Best Animated Short Film. Shortly afterward, Disney negotiated an exclusive, but temporary deal with Technicolor so only he could use the three-strip process in animated films—no other studio was permitted to use it. However, he withheld making Mickey Mouse in color because he thought that Technicolor might boost the "Silly Symphonies"' popularity.