colourise

Thân thiện

The child used crayons to colourise the black and white drawing.

Definition

Verb: * To add colour to something that was originally without colour, such as a black-and-white photograph, film, or drawing. This process involves applying or assigning colours to areas that were previously monochrome.

Usage

The verb 'colourise' describes the technical or artistic process of making a monochrome image appear in colour. It is often used in the context of film restoration, historical photography, and digital art. * Common Structures: * to colourise [something] (e.g., a film, a photo) * [something] is colourised (passive voice)

Examples

• Many classic movies from the 1940s have been colourised for modern audiences.
• Using new software, historians can colourise old photographs to bring the past to life.
• The artist spent months colourising the detailed pencil sketches.

Advanced Usage

• "Colourisation" (noun): The process or result of colourising.
  • The colourisation of the documentary made the historical events feel more immediate.

Variants and Related Words

• Colorize (verb): The American English spelling of 'colourise'.
• Colourize (verb): An alternative spelling.
• Colour (verb, British English) / Color (verb, American English): The more general verb meaning to apply colour. 'Colourise' is a more specific term implying a transformation from monochrome to colour.
• Tint (verb): To colour slightly, often used for adding a single hue. It is less comprehensive than 'colourise'.

Synonyms

• Add colour to
• Tint
• Hand-colour (specifically when done manually, e.g., to a photograph)

Antonyms

• Decolourize / Decolorize: To remove colour.
• Fade: To lose colour.
• Grayscale: To convert to shades of grey.

Học thuật

Verb

1. add color to
   • The child colored the drawings
   • Fall colored the trees
   • colorize black and white film

Từ đồng nghĩa

• color
• colorize
• colorise
• colourize
• colour
• color in
• colour in