着色 (zhuó sè) — to color, to tint, to apply color

Definition

Literary/formal verb for 'to apply color, to colorize' — used in art, photography, and image-processing contexts, more written than the everyday 染色 (dyeing).

verb
to colorto tintto apply color

Examples

  • 着色
    Wǒ yào gěi zhè fú huà zhuó sè.
    I want to color this painting.
  • Zhè ge qū yù yǐ jīng zhe le sè.
    This area has already been colored.
  • 着色
    Zhè kuǎn ruǎn jiàn kě yǐ zì dòng duì zhào piàn zhuó sè.
    This software can automatically colorize photos.
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