colorize

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
21
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈkʌ.lə.raɪz/

Definition of colorize

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (US)To add color to.
    “The woman colorized her hair.”
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verb

  1. (US)To add color to.
    “The woman colorized her hair.”
  2. (US)To convert black and white media to color by digital post production (as is often done in digital photography and in video special effects).
    “There is a colorized version of Casablanca.”
    “What we see are beautiful overlapping NASA satellite photographs of the American mainland, […]taken in black and white and then luminously colorized by computer for scientific reasons.”

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Etymology

From color + -ize.

Hooks

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