colorisation

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A form of colorization — An electronic process that adds color to black and white movies.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nouncolorisation (uncountable)
  1. uncommonuncountableUncommon form of colorization.

    The special prints with their computer-applied colour were released by MGM on 4 July 1985. ‘Colorisation,’ as it is known, has become a controversial issue in the industry.

    2001, Patrick Robertson, Film Facts http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=4PnEvNC_F9oC&pg=PA168&lpg=PA168&sig=mu8dvRv_igiOEcqrLi1NZvSHn60
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    When milk is kept at a high temperature for a long period of time chemical reactions take place and the resultant reaction products give rise to brown colorisation of milk and a caramel-like flavour.

    1995, Frank Harding, Milk Quality http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=PWmQTKDWPz0C&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&sig=BvZKvNvaIAXfQ3lfUpZWxQkRxj4

    Despite these design and safety implications, the potential of interventional MR in the future is astouding and includes: liver imaging and tumour ablation with colorisation imaging capabilities, …

    1998, Catherine Westbrook and Carolyn Kaut, MRI in Practice http://print.google.com/print?id=im0ndwXIe24C&pg=PA298&lpg=PA298&sig=E8AhW_MhImdgXcNP3HjAJTQ0lLc&pli=1

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APA

colorisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colorisation

MLA

“colorisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colorisation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colorisation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colorisation.

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