verb
Meaning 1
To add color to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Examples
- The woman colorized her hair.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
colorize
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkʌ.lə.raɪz/
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CMU ARPABET: K AH1 L ER0 AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To convert black and white media to color by digital post production (as is often done in digital photography and in video special effects).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: arts, broadcasting, cinematography, film, hobbies, lifestyle, media, photography, television
Examples
- There is a colorized version of Casablanca.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
add color to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The child colored the drawings
- Fall colored the trees
- colorize black and white film
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: color, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
Narrower terms: blackwash, motley, parti-color, polychrome, polychromize, polychromise, azure, purple, empurple, purpurate, aurify, verdigris, pinkify, incarnadine, embrown, brown, handcolor, handcolour, tint, tinct, tinge, touch, pigment, imbue, hue, retouch, silver, grey, gray, tone, redden, mottle, streak, blotch
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs Proto-Italic *kelōs Old Latin colōs Latin color Old French color Anglo-Norman colurbor. Middle English colour English color Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English colorize From color + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: لَوَّنَ (lawwana) — to add color to
- Finnish: värittää — to add color to
- French: coloriser — to add color to
- French: colorier — to add color to
- Polish: koloryzować — to add color to
- Swedish: färga — to add color to
- Swedish: färglägga — to add color to
- Finnish: värittää — to convert a black and white media to color
- German: kolorieren — to convert a black and white media to color
- Italian: colorizzare — to convert a black and white media to color
- Polish: koloryzować — to convert a black and white media to color
- Swedish: färglägga — to convert a black and white media to color