Meaning

2 senses

  1. (US)To add color to.

    The woman colorized her hair.

    add color to

  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.

    kolorieren

Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to convert a black and white media to color:

Forms

colorizes, colorizing, colorized, colorized
Base formcolorize · to colorize
3rd person singularcolorizes
Present participlecolorizing
Past simplecolorized
Past participlecolorized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycolorize
he, she, itcolorizes

Past simpleLesson

all personscolorized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave colorized
he, she, ithas colorized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill colorize

Synonyms

7 synonyms
to add color to:colorA1color in
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
to change or lose color:discolor

Word family

4 related words
Relatedcolor
Derivedcolorizationcolorizerpseudocolorize

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
colorA1colorfulA2colorfullycolossalcolossuscolostrumcolourA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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