Definition of "colorization" []

• A computer-assisted process by which color is imparted to black-and-white film. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "You will yearn to talk to someone else, to verify details, to plug holes, to correct specifics – but be wary, because memory by nature is subjective, and all the colorization is yours alone, not subject to any approving authority."
• "The closest any of the talent guilds have come to getting into aesthetics is over editorial and "colorization" issues of existing properties."
• "I think we are about go through a period of Hollywood 3D'ing every successful past project they can which is interesting because it could go the way of colorization and be a complete failure or it could be a success and give studios a good reason to re-release films to the big screen, which would be good news for those of us who actually enjoy the theater experience."