colourize
Paint grayscale footage
To colourize is to add colour to black-and-white images, especially photographs or films: The studio colourized several classic movies from the 1940s.
The process uses digital technology to approximate original colours, though purists often object that it compromises the artistic integrity of the original work.
The American spelling is colorize.
Faint color addition
- dyePigment for changing hues
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
- hueColor's specific character
- pigmentColor-imparting material
wash · overlay · saturate · gradient · tone · chroma · stain · infuse
Reddish-brown pigment
- daguerreotypeFirst commercial photography method
- tintypePhotograph on metal sheet
- monochromeSingle-color rendering
- vintageQuality from past eras
restoration · portrait · print · negative · darkroom · emulsion · handpainted · retouching
Digitally manipulate images
- filterPorous separation device
- saturationState of complete permeation
- hexMalevolent incantation
- gradientRate of change across space
adjustment · calibration · rendering · bitmap · raster · pixel · retouch · post-processing
Returning something to condition
- remasterRecreate source recording
- archiveStored historical records
- footageRecorded video material
- cinemaMotion picture theater
documentary · convert · enhance · upscale · preservation · grading · transfer · digitize
Full of life, intensity
- vividIntensely clear and bright
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- boldCourageous and daring
rich · intense · muted · pastel · warm · cool · naturalistic · stylized
Stored historical records
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- vintageQuality from past eras
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- eraDistinct historical period
nostalgia · restoration · preservation · memorial · wartime · documentary · ancestry · genealogy
tint
Faint color addition
pigment · wash · overlay · saturate · gradient · tone · chroma · stain · infuse · imbue
sepia
Reddish-brown pigment
- daguerreotypeFirst commercial photography method
- tintypePhotograph on metal sheet
- monochromeSingle-color rendering
vintage · restoration · portrait · print · negative · darkroom · emulsion · handpainted · retouching · albumin
photoshop
Digitally manipulate images
- filterPorous separation device
- saturationState of complete permeation
- hexMalevolent incantation
gradient · adjustment · calibration · rendering · bitmap · raster · pixel · retouch · post-processing · desaturate
restoration
Returning something to condition
cinema · documentary · convert · enhance · upscale · preservation · grading · transfer · digitize · frame
vibrant
Full of life, intensity
bold · rich · intense · muted · pastel · warm · cool · naturalistic · stylized · faithful
archive
Stored historical records
era · nostalgia · restoration · preservation · memorial · wartime · documentary · ancestry · genealogy · retrospective
colourizedesaturate
Reduce color vividness
decolorize · discolor · bleach · grey out · gray out
- colouring outside the linesDisregarding established boundaries intentionally
- colouring bookPages with outlined pictures
- colouring inside the linesPrecise, bounded creative work
- colouring pencilsTinted drawing implements
- food colouringPigment for consumables
colouring, colourings, colourism, colourise, colourized, colourizing, colourization