colorize

American  

[kuhl-uh-rahyz] / ˈkʌl əˌraɪz /

especially British, colorise

verb (used with object)

colorized, colorizing

1. to cause to appear in color; enhance with color, especially by computer.

   to colorize old black-and-white movies for television.

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Other Word Forms

• colorization
  noun

Etymology

Origin of colorize

First recorded in 1955–60; color + -ize