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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To apply color to (black-and-white images) by digital means.

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  • verb US To add color to.
  • verb US, photography, cinematography To convert black and white media to color by digital post production (as is often done in digital photography and in video special effects).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb add color to

Etymologies

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From colour (traditionally spelled color when preceding a Greek suffix) + -ize.

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