colourization

Chromatic film restoration

Colourization is the process of adding colour to black-and-white images, particularly films or photographs.

The practice became controversial in the 1980s when classic movies were colourized for television broadcast, with critics arguing it violated the artistic integrity of the originals: The colourization of Casablanca sparked outrage.

British spelling of colorization.

restoration

tinting

Applying light color

preservation · retouching · enhancement · vintage · historical · film restoration · photo restoration · sepia · monochrome · black-and-white

digital

photoshop

Digitally manipulate images

  • softwarePrograms directing computer operations
  • algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
  • AISimulated cognitive processing

machine learning · neural network · image processing · video editing · filter · rendering · saturation · hue · palette · RGB

Opposites
color transformation direction

colourizationdesaturation

Reduction of color intensity

decolorization · color removal · bleaching · fading · greying

preservation vs. modification

colourizationpreservation

Maintaining something's condition

restoration · conservation

Family

colorful, colour, colours, coloured, coloration, colouring, colourful, colorize, colouration

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