colorisation

English

Etymology

From colorise +‎ -ation.

Noun

colorisation (uncountable)

1. Uncommon form of colorization.
   • 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

Pronunciation

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Noun

colorisation f (plural colorisations)

1. colorization

Related terms

• coloriser

Further reading

• “colorisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.