colorize
Americanverb (used with object)
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It’s mission-critical for the concrete you’re going to colorize to be sound, clean and very slightly damp.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
Why did they colorize the blood on one victim’s face, but not any blood on the zombies?
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2022
When combined with Adobe’s existing colorize filter for adding color to black-and-white photos, the two filters can quickly bring an old photo to life, even if the end result looks a bit cartoony.
From The Verge ● Jun. 14, 2022
“The budget we had was to colorize about 30 to 40 minutes of film.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2018
But some lifeless specimens have slipped into the language, among them colorize, prioritize, and finalize, and they’re probably going to be around for a while.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
He placed two panels of 25 images each side by side, half colorized and half black and white, alluding to religious diptychs of the past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
But then I found a colorized obscure album cover of Bob in the shirt, and it was green polka dot, which even made it, I think, less attractive to Jim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
Take a look at these colorized images of photos taken during the excavation process to see why.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The pollen grains of various common plants like sunflower, morning glories, prairie hollyhock, oriental lily, evening primrose and castor bean — magnified 500 times and colorized in this image — display intricate patterns.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2022
“I like your room,” I said, going over to look at a colorized Frankenstein poster on the wall.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
If you’re colorizing your stucco, add some pigment to your cement paint, too.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
The movie, which was a box office hit with nearly $20 million worldwide, found Jackson colorizing and restoring old World War I footage.
From Salon ● May 15, 2019
That colorizing wore off over the years, or was removed after ancient works were rediscovered.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2018
The five-part series, which begins on Sunday night, is being promoted as “one of the most ambitious colorizing projects ever undertaken.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2017
It was obsessed by being besmirched and colorizing the besmirching.
From An Apostate: Nawin of Thais by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)
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