English

Alternative forms

• colorization
• colourisation
• colourization

Noun

colorisation ‎(uncountable)

1. The process of converting to color.
   • 1995, Frank Harding, Milk Quality

     When milk is kept at a high temperature for a long period of time chemical reactions take place and the resultant reaction products give rise to brown colorisation of milk and a caramel-like flavour.

   • 1998, Catherine Westbrook and Carolyn Kaut, MRI in Practice

     Despite these design and safety implications, the potential of interventional MR in the future is astouding and includes:

     • liver imaging and tumour ablation with colorisation imaging capabilities, [...]

   • 2001, Patrick Robertson, Film Facts

     The special prints with their computer-applied colour were released by MGM on 4 July 1985. ‘Colorisation,’ as it is known, has become a controversial issue in the industry.

French

Noun

colorisation f ‎(plural colorisations)

1. colorization

Related terms

• coloriser