Colorisation

Alternative forms

• colorization
• colourisation
• colourization

Origin

colorise + -ation

Full definition of colorisation

Noun

1. The process of converting to color.
• 1995, Frank Harding, Milk Quality http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=PWmQTKDWPz0C&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&sig=BvZKvNvaIAXfQ3lfUpZWxQkRxj4When 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 http://print.google.com/print?id=im0ndwXIe24C&pg=PA298&lpg=PA298&sig=E8AhW_MhImdgXcNP3HjAJTQ0lLc&pli=1Despite 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 http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=4PnEvNC_F9oC&pg=PA168&lpg=PA168&sig=mu8dvRv_igiOEcqrLi1NZvSHn60The 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.----