colorization

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noun

An electronic process that adds color to black and white movies.

OriginEnglish color ← Middle English colour ← Anglo-Norman colur →
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Meanings

nouncolorization (plural colorizations)

plural colorizations · alternative uncommon colorisation · alternative colourisation · alternative British Canada English Oxford colourization

  1. USAn electronic process that adds color to black and white movies.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱélōs
  3. Proto-Italic*kelōs
  4. Old Latincolōs
  5. Latincolor
  6. Old Frenchcolor
  7. Anglo-Normancolur
  8. Middle Englishcolour
  9. Englishcolor
  10. Englishcolorization

From color + -ization.

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Translations

French colorisation
  • colorisationa process to add color to movies
Swedish färgläggning
  • färgläggninga process to add color to movies

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with colorization

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Cite this entry
APA

colorization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colorization

MLA

“colorization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colorization. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colorization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colorization.

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