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colorization, colourization rare.|ˌkʌləraɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. colorize + -ation.]
Coloration.
1731Bailey vol. II, Colorisation, Coloration. 1763Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 669 Colorization, in pharmacy, a term sometimes used for the changes of colour which bodies undergo. 1864Athenæum No. 1928. 467/2 The principle of colorization. 1866Intell. Observ. No. 52. 313 The colourization of natural objects.
Add:b. Cinematogr., etc. The process or technique of adding colour to black-and-white films by means of a computer. (Proprietary in the U.S.).
1983Financial Times 12 Dec. 26/7 The art director in the colourisation process will choose colours and face tones appropriate to the place and season. 1986Times 27 Sept. 18/8 The ‘colorization’ controversy thunders on. Now American studios have bagged the rights to two British classic black-and-white films..and plan to colour them by computer and release them. 1986Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 11 Oct. 8/7 Woody Allen, who still makes many of his movies in black and white.., is equally opposed to colorisation. 1987Byte Mar. 164/1 A controversial process known as ‘colorization’, in which classic black-and-white films are being colored via computer and released for the home video market. 1987Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 3 Nov. tm153 Colorization... For services consisting of computerized conversions of black and white films into color video tapes. |