colorization

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col•or•ize /ˈkʌləˌraɪz/   v. [~ + object] , -ized, -iz•ing. 

1. Radio and Television to cause to appear in color; enhance with color, esp. by computer:
   They colorized a famous black-and-white movie for television.

col•or•i•za•tion /ˌkʌlərəˈzeɪʃən/  n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

col•or•ize  (kul′ə rīz′), v.t., -ized, -iz•ing. 

1. Radio and Television, to cause to appear in color;
   enhance with color, esp. by computer:
   to colorize old black-and-white movies for television.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] col′or•ise′. 

• color + -ize

col′or•i•za′tion, n.