Colored vs Colorized - What's the difference?
colored | colorized |
Having a particular or kind of color.
* The room was colored''' red, with a dark-'''colored rug.
Having prominent colors; colorful.
* The singer wore a colored shirt.
Influenced pervasively but subtly.
* My opinions are colored by my upbringing.
Of skin color other than the white; in particular: black.
* Being of an older generation, they considered themselves "colored ladies".
Of neither black nor white skin color.
* Most of the colored community speaks Afrikaans, whereas languages like Xhosa or Venda are typically spoken by blacks and English is spoken mostly by whites.
(chiefly, historical) Designated for use by colored people (in either the US or South African sense).
(color)
(colorize)
(US) To add color to.
(US, photography, filmology) To convert black and white media to color by digital post production (as is often done in digital photography and in video special effects).
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As verbs the difference between colored and colorized
is that colored is (color) while colorized is (colorize).As an adjective colored
is having a particular or kind of color.As a noun colored
is a colored person.colored
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Alternative forms
* coloured (British spelling)Adjective
(en adjective)- a black''' drinking fountain''; ''a '''black hospital
Verb
(head)See also
colorized
English
Verb
(head)colorize
English
Alternative forms
* colourise (UK) * colourize (UK) * coloriseVerb
(coloriz)- The child colorized the drawing.
- The woman colorized her hair.
- There is a colorized version of Casablanca.
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