colorize
verb
col·or·ize
ˈkə-lə-ˌrīz 
-lər-ˌīz
colorized; colorizing
: to add color to (a black-and-white film) by means of a computer
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The production outfit used tools developed in-house to colorize and remaster black and white footage, mixing manual processing with AI assistance to lend the footage an awesome impact.
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Ben Croll, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
Storyboards must be drawn, droplets must be designed (and redesigned and redesigned and redesigned, and then colorized), and exposure sheets must define how fast the tears fall, according to animators’ sensibilities and adherence to the laws of physics.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2024
So, to be extra safe, a filmmaker might avoid a gloved, colorized depiction of Mickey.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
This digitally colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) revealed some of the comparative ultrastructural morphology between normal red blood cells (RBCs), and a sickle cell RBC (left) found in a blood specimen of an 18-year-old female patient with sickle cell anemia.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
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Ben Croll, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
Storyboards must be drawn, droplets must be designed (and redesigned and redesigned and redesigned, and then colorized), and exposure sheets must define how fast the tears fall, according to animators’ sensibilities and adherence to the laws of physics.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2024
So, to be extra safe, a filmmaker might avoid a gloved, colorized depiction of Mickey.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
This digitally colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) revealed some of the comparative ultrastructural morphology between normal red blood cells (RBCs), and a sickle cell RBC (left) found in a blood specimen of an 18-year-old female patient with sickle cell anemia.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
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“Colorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colorize. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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