colorise
colorise is the uncommon spelling of colorize.
Meaning of colorize
Verb
colorize (third-person singular simple present colorizes, present participle colorizing, simple past and past participle colorized)
- To add color to.
- The woman colorized her hair.
- To convert black and white media to color by digital post production (as is often done in digital photography and in video special effects).
- There is a colorized version of Casablanca.
Forms of colorise
| third-person singular present | colorises |
|---|---|
| present participle | colorising |
| past participle | colorised |
| past | colorised |
Origin of colorise
From color + -ise.
Words formed from colorise
Questions about colorise
- What is colorise the uncommon spelling of?
- Colorise is the uncommon spelling of colorize.
Words near colorise in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: colorise (page history and authors); colorize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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