brown vs colorize

brown

verb
  • To make brown or dusky. 

  • To turn progressively more Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region. 

  • To cook something until it becomes brown. 

  • To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface. 

  • To tan. 

  • To become brown. 

noun
  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae). 

  • A mass of birds or animals that may be indiscriminately fired at. 

  • One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points. 

  • A brown trout (Salmo trutta). 

  • A brown horse or other animal. 

  • Any of certain species of nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae, such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis. 

  • A colour like that of chocolate or coffee. 

  • Black tar heroin. 

  • A person of Latino, Middle Eastern or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance. 

adj
  • Southeast Asian 

  • Having a brown colour. 

  • Latino 

  • South Asian 

colorize

verb
  • To add color to. 

  • (Canadian spelling, acceptable) 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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