colorize
verb
-lər-ˌīz\
Definition of colorize
: to add color to (a black-and-white film) by means of a computer
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From that information a series of algorithms is then able to determine the position of things like bone, fat, cartilage and other tissues, which are then colorized. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Check Out These Awesome New 3D, Full-Color X-Rays," 13 July 2018 This one is colorized in shades of blue, purple and green. — Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, "Tapeworms are brainless, spineless, gutless parasites — and this scientist loves them," 2 Jan. 2018 The photos Marshall colorizes famously capture a moment on the cusp of the 1918 Representation of the People Act. — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, "Photographs Documenting the Struggle for Women’s Suffrage Are Reimagined in Full Color," 9 Feb. 2018 But several episodes have since been colorized over the years to further bring the zany, pioneering sitcom to life. — Andrew R. Chow, New York Times, "What’s on TV Friday: ‘I Love Lucy’ and ‘Split’," 22 Dec. 2017 Even with this painstaking attempt at accuracy, however, the practice of colorizing black and white images is divisive in and of itself. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "Colorized Footage Is a Vivid Reminder that History Didn’t Happen in Black and White," 29 June 2017 Any app not on the whitelist (nearly all third-party apps) gets a boring, black status bar, while apps on the whitelist are allowed to colorize the status bar like normal. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "Essential Phone review: Impressive for a new company but not competitive," 30 Sep. 2017 The image was captured with a Helios Nanolab dual-beam focused ion beam/scanning electron microscope at EMSL and colorized by Alice Dohnalkova. — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, "Scientists Make Art From Objects Invisible to the Naked Eye," 28 Feb. 2017 To mark the film's release, TIME commissioned freelance photo editor Sanna Dullaway — who has previously worked with photos of women's suffrage marches, Pearl Harbor and much more — to colorize images of the evacuation. — Time, "Colorized Photos Bring the Real Dunkirk Evacuation to Life," 21 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'colorize.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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